diff --git a/src/luarocks/cfg.lua b/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
index 55cd4c9..060a6f1 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
@@ -587,9 +587,9 @@ if cfg.platforms.macosx then
    defaults.external_lib_extension = "dylib"
    defaults.arch = "macosx-"..cfg.target_cpu
    defaults.variables.LIBFLAG = "-bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -all_load"
-   defaults.variables.STAT = "/usr/bin/stat"
+   defaults.variables.STAT = "stat"
    defaults.variables.STATFLAG = "-f '%A'"
-   local version = io.popen("sw_vers -productVersion"):read("*l")
+   local version = "10.10"
    version = tonumber(version and version:match("^[^.]+%.([^.]+)")) or 3
    if version >= 10 then
       version = 8
@@ -598,8 +598,8 @@ if cfg.platforms.macosx then
    else
       defaults.gcc_rpath = false
    end
-   defaults.variables.CC = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10."..version.." gcc"
-   defaults.variables.LD = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10."..version.." gcc"
+   defaults.variables.CC = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10."..version.." clang"
+   defaults.variables.LD = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10."..version.." clang"
    defaults.web_browser = "open"
 end