diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 00a3d8c3e217..ad600d399cb0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ endif
 # Some architectures define CROSS_COMPILE in arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile.
 # CC_VERSION_TEXT is referenced from Kconfig (so it needs export),
 # and from include/config/auto.conf.cmd to detect the compiler upgrade.
-CC_VERSION_TEXT = $(shell $(CC) --version 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
+CC_VERSION_TEXT = $(shell $(CC) --version 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 | sed 's/\#//g')
 
 ifneq ($(findstring clang,$(CC_VERSION_TEXT)),)
 ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)