diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.clang b/scripts/Makefile.clang
index 70b354fa1cb4..9076cc939e87 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.clang
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.clang
@@ -13,15 +13,11 @@ CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_x86		:= x86_64-linux-gnu
 CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_um		:= $(CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_$(SUBARCH))
 CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS		:= $(CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_$(SRCARCH))
 
-ifeq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
 ifeq ($(CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS),)
-$(error Specify CROSS_COMPILE or add '--target=' option to scripts/Makefile.clang)
+$(error add '--target=' option to scripts/Makefile.clang)
 else
 CLANG_FLAGS	+= --target=$(CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS)
-endif # CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS
-else
-CLANG_FLAGS	+= --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
-endif # CROSS_COMPILE
+endif
 
 ifeq ($(LLVM_IAS),0)
 CLANG_FLAGS	+= -fno-integrated-as