diff --git a/tools/bpf/runqslower/Makefile b/tools/bpf/runqslower/Makefile
index bbd1150578f7..8791d0e2762b 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/runqslower/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/runqslower/Makefile
@@ -88,5 +88,4 @@ $(BPFOBJ): $(wildcard $(LIBBPF_SRC)/*.[ch] $(LIBBPF_SRC)/Makefile) | $(BPFOBJ_OU
 
 $(DEFAULT_BPFTOOL): $(BPFOBJ) | $(BPFTOOL_OUTPUT)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C ../bpftool OUTPUT=$(BPFTOOL_OUTPUT)   \
-		    LIBBPF_OUTPUT=$(BPFOBJ_OUTPUT)			       \
-		    LIBBPF_DESTDIR=$(BPF_DESTDIR) CC=$(HOSTCC) LD=$(HOSTLD)
+		    CC=$(HOSTCC) LD=$(HOSTLD)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 54b0a41a3775..62fafbeb4672 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ DEFAULT_BPFTOOL := $(HOST_SCRATCH_DIR)/sbin/bpftool
 $(OUTPUT)/runqslower: $(BPFOBJ) | $(DEFAULT_BPFTOOL) $(RUNQSLOWER_OUTPUT)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C $(TOOLSDIR)/bpf/runqslower	       \
 		    OUTPUT=$(RUNQSLOWER_OUTPUT) VMLINUX_BTF=$(VMLINUX_BTF)     \
-		    BPFTOOL_OUTPUT=$(BUILD_DIR)/bpftool/		       \
+		    BPFTOOL_OUTPUT=$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/bpftool/		       \
 		    BPFOBJ_OUTPUT=$(BUILD_DIR)/libbpf			       \
 		    BPFOBJ=$(BPFOBJ) BPF_INCLUDE=$(INCLUDE_DIR) &&	       \
 		    cp $(RUNQSLOWER_OUTPUT)runqslower $@