diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
index 69b1c8050d3..9a1f126591b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
@@ -1626,8 +1626,6 @@ MingwToolChainFactory::MingwToolChainFactory()
 
 QList<ToolChain *> MingwToolChainFactory::autoDetect(const QList<ToolChain *> &alreadyKnown)
 {
-    Abi ha = Abi::hostAbi();
-    ha = Abi(ha.architecture(), Abi::WindowsOS, Abi::WindowsMSysFlavor, Abi::PEFormat, ha.wordWidth());
     static const auto tcChecker = [](const ToolChain *tc) {
         return tc->targetAbi().osFlavor() == Abi::WindowsMSysFlavor;
     };