diff --git a/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake b/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake
index ea398fc8838455799b42a19be19718d400f07ccb..00a877247d57080817d1264b969ed604bf51bfea 100644
--- a/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake
+++ b/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake
@@ -131,11 +131,7 @@ LCG_external_package(futures           3.2.0
 LCG_external_package(gast              0.2.0                                    )
 #LCG_external_package(GCCXML            0.9.0_20131026            gccxml         )
 if(NOT ${LCG_OS} MATCHES mac)
-  if(NOT LCG_COMP STREQUAL "clang")
-    LCG_external_package(gdb             8.2.1                                    )
-  else()
-    LCG_external_package(gdb             7.12.1                                   )
-  endif()
+  LCG_external_package(gdb             8.2.1                                    )
 endif()
 LCG_external_package(genshi            0.7                                      )
 LCG_external_package(geos              3.6.2                                    )