diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/CMakeLists.txt b/reactos/ntoskrnl/CMakeLists.txt
index 2bb9e5f87aa..be1bd640bae 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ add_definitions(
 
 set_rc_compiler()
 
-if(NOT DEFINED NEWCC)
-    set(NEWCC FALSE)
-endif(NOT DEFINED NEWCC)
+set(NEWCC TRUE)
 
 if(NEWCC)
     add_definitions(-DNEWCC)