diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/meson-wrapper b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/meson-wrapper
index 570b550e019..a0c1da23299 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/meson-wrapper
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/meson-wrapper
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ if [ -z "$SSL_CERT_DIR" ]; then
     export SSL_CERT_DIR="$OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT/etc/ssl/certs/"
 fi
 
-# If these are set to a cross-compile path, meson will get confused and try to
-# use them as native tools. Unset them to prevent this, as all the cross-compile
-# config is already in meson.cross.
-unset CC CXX CPP LD AR NM STRIP
-
 case "$1" in
 setup|configure|dist|install|introspect|init|test|wrap|subprojects|rewrite|compile|devenv|env2mfile|help)
     MESON_CMD="$1"