diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index 358ab68..7ca8c6d 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 
 static char preprocessed_fname[] = "/tmp/cxlppXXXXXX";
-static char c_fname[] = "/tmp/cxlcXXXXXX.c";
 static bool preprocessed_fname_created = false;
-static bool c_fname_created = false;
 
 bool preprocess(const char * input_fname)
 {
@@ -74,40 +72,14 @@ void write_node(FILE * file, Node * node)
     }
 }
 
-bool emit_c(Node * node)
+bool emit_c(Node * node, const char * output_fname)
 {
-    int fd = mkstemps(c_fname, 2);
-    if (fd < 0)
-    {
-        perror("mkstemp");
-        return false;
-    }
-    FILE * file = fdopen(fd, "w");
-    c_fname_created = true;
+    FILE * file = fopen(output_fname, "w");
     write_node(file, node);
     fclose(file);
     return true;
 }
 
-bool compile(const char * output_fname)
-{
-    pid_t pid = fork();
-    if (pid < 0)
-    {
-        perror("fork");
-        return false;
-    }
-    else if (pid == 0)
-    {
-        execlp("gcc", "gcc", "-c", c_fname, "-o", output_fname, NULL);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
 std::string g_output_fname;
 const char * build_output_fname(const char * input_fname)
 {
@@ -115,11 +87,11 @@ const char * build_output_fname(const char * input_fname)
     size_t pos = g_output_fname.rfind(".");
     if (pos != std::string::npos)
     {
-        g_output_fname.replace(pos, g_output_fname.size() - pos, ".o");
+        g_output_fname.replace(pos, g_output_fname.size() - pos, ".c");
     }
     else
     {
-        g_output_fname += ".o";
+        g_output_fname += ".c";
     }
     return g_output_fname.c_str();
 }
@@ -162,10 +134,7 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
         Node * node = parse(preprocessed_fname);
         if (node != nullptr)
         {
-            if (emit_c(node))
-            {
-                compile(output_fname);
-            }
+            emit_c(node, output_fname);
         }
     }
     /* Clean up temporary files. */
@@ -173,10 +142,6 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
     {
         unlink(preprocessed_fname);
     }
-    if (c_fname_created)
-    {
-        unlink(c_fname);
-    }
 
     return 0;
 }