diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a37de17c696..3aaeb5bad11 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6072,7 +6072,7 @@ with pkgs;
   gerbil-unstable = callPackage ../development/compilers/gerbil/unstable.nix { };
 
   gccFun = callPackage ../development/compilers/gcc/7;
-  gcc = gcc7;
+  gcc = gcc8;
   gcc-unwrapped = gcc.cc;
 
   gccStdenv = if stdenv.cc.isGNU then stdenv else stdenv.override {