diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp
index 2b1e8f02cf663..9fb99145d3b90 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp
@@ -2097,14 +2097,17 @@ void Generic_GCC::GCCInstallationDetector::init(
   // The compatible GCC triples for this particular architecture.
   SmallVector<StringRef, 16> CandidateTripleAliases;
   SmallVector<StringRef, 16> CandidateBiarchTripleAliases;
+  // Add some triples that we want to check first.
+  CandidateTripleAliases.push_back(TargetTriple.str());
+  std::string TripleNoVendor = TargetTriple.getArchName().str() + "-" +
+                               TargetTriple.getOSAndEnvironmentName().str();
+  if (TargetTriple.getVendor() == llvm::Triple::UnknownVendor)
+    CandidateTripleAliases.push_back(TripleNoVendor);
+
   CollectLibDirsAndTriples(TargetTriple, BiarchVariantTriple, CandidateLibDirs,
                            CandidateTripleAliases, CandidateBiarchLibDirs,
                            CandidateBiarchTripleAliases);
 
-  TripleNoVendor = TargetTriple.getArchName().str() + "-" +
-                   TargetTriple.getOSAndEnvironmentName().str();
-  StringRef TripleNoVendorRef(TripleNoVendor);
-
   // If --gcc-install-dir= is specified, skip filesystem detection.
   if (const Arg *A =
           Args.getLastArg(clang::driver::options::OPT_gcc_install_dir_EQ);
@@ -2184,13 +2187,6 @@ void Generic_GCC::GCCInstallationDetector::init(
       // Maybe filter out <libdir>/gcc and <libdir>/gcc-cross.
       bool GCCDirExists = VFS.exists(LibDir + "/gcc");
       bool GCCCrossDirExists = VFS.exists(LibDir + "/gcc-cross");
-      // Try to match the exact target triple first.
-      ScanLibDirForGCCTriple(TargetTriple, Args, LibDir, TargetTriple.str(),
-                             false, GCCDirExists, GCCCrossDirExists);
-      // If vendor is unknown, let's try triple without vendor.
-      if (TargetTriple.getVendor() == llvm::Triple::UnknownVendor)
-        ScanLibDirForGCCTriple(TargetTriple, Args, LibDir, TripleNoVendorRef,
-                               false, GCCDirExists, GCCCrossDirExists);
       for (StringRef Candidate : CandidateTripleAliases)
         ScanLibDirForGCCTriple(TargetTriple, Args, LibDir, Candidate, false,
                                GCCDirExists, GCCCrossDirExists);
diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.h b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.h
index dcfc6307cac79..0b664a182d75e 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.h
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.h
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ class LLVM_LIBRARY_VISIBILITY Generic_GCC : public ToolChain {
     void print(raw_ostream &OS) const;
 
   private:
-    std::string TripleNoVendor;
     static void
     CollectLibDirsAndTriples(const llvm::Triple &TargetTriple,
                              const llvm::Triple &BiarchTriple,