diff --git a/rules.mk b/rules.mk
index 3d151338af..a2f5bcca4b 100644
--- a/rules.mk
+++ b/rules.mk
@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ export HOSTCC_NOCACHE
 export HOSTCXX_NOCACHE
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_CCACHE),)
-  TARGET_CC:= ccache_cc
-  TARGET_CXX:= ccache_cxx
+  TARGET_CC:= ccache $(TARGET_CC)
+  TARGET_CXX:= ccache $(TARGET_CXX)
   HOSTCC:= ccache $(HOSTCC)
   HOSTCXX:= ccache $(HOSTCXX)
   export CCACHE_BASEDIR:=$(TOPDIR)
diff --git a/tools/ccache/Makefile b/tools/ccache/Makefile
index 25ab4a46ea..6824dbddfd 100644
--- a/tools/ccache/Makefile
+++ b/tools/ccache/Makefile
@@ -28,14 +28,4 @@ ifneq (docs-$(CONFIG_BUILD_DOCUMENTATION),docs-y)
 CMAKE_HOST_OPTIONS += -DENABLE_DOCUMENTATION=OFF
 endif
 
-define Host/Install/ccache
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/
-	$(CP) ./files/* $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/
-endef
-
-define Host/Install
-	$(call Host/Install/Default)
-	$(call Host/Install/ccache)
-endef
-
 $(eval $(call HostBuild))
diff --git a/tools/ccache/files/ccache_cc b/tools/ccache/files/ccache_cc
deleted file mode 100755
index 01c4ad42a2..0000000000
--- a/tools/ccache/files/ccache_cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-exec ccache "${TARGET_CC_NOCACHE}" "$@"
diff --git a/tools/ccache/files/ccache_cxx b/tools/ccache/files/ccache_cxx
deleted file mode 100755
index cc60eb3a13..0000000000
--- a/tools/ccache/files/ccache_cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-exec ccache "${TARGET_CXX_NOCACHE}" "$@"