diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-aarch64-linux-gnu/template b/srcpkgs/cross-aarch64-linux-gnu/template
index e302e5a86be..2ff47a6273f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-aarch64-linux-gnu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-aarch64-linux-gnu/template
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ _glibc_build() {
 	_args="--prefix=/usr"
 	_args+=" --libdir=/usr/lib"
 	_args+=" --host=${_triplet}"
-	_args+=" --target=${_triplet}"
 	_args+=" --with-headers=${_sysroot}/usr/include"
 	_args+=" --config-cache"
 	_args+=" --enable-obsolete-rpc"