Resolved an issue that resulted in unresolved absolute toolchain paths when generating the "compile_commands.json" // Resolve #4684

platformio/builder/main.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from SCons.Script import Variables  # pylint: disable=import-error
 
 from platformio import app, fs
 from platformio.platform.base import PlatformBase
-from platformio.proc import get_pythonexe_path, where_is_program
+from platformio.proc import get_pythonexe_path
 from platformio.project.helpers import get_project_dir
 
 AllowSubstExceptions(NameError)
@@ -195,13 +195,6 @@ if env.get("SIZETOOL") and not (
     Default("checkprogsize")
 
 if "compiledb" in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS:
-    # Resolve absolute path of toolchain
-    for cmd in ("CC", "CXX", "AS"):
-        if cmd not in env:
-            continue
-        if os.path.isabs(env[cmd]):
-            continue
-        env[cmd] = where_is_program(env.subst("$%s" % cmd), env.subst("${ENV['PATH']}"))
     env.Alias("compiledb", env.CompilationDatabase("$COMPILATIONDB_PATH"))
 
 # Print configured protocols