 Makefile.am  | 2 --
 configure.ac | 4 +---
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git c/Makefile.am i/Makefile.am
index acf51182..8fd9eb8f 100644
--- c/Makefile.am
+++ i/Makefile.am
@@ -133,9 +133,7 @@ else
 CARGO_RELEASE_ARGS=--release
 endif
 
-if CROSS_COMPILING
 CARGO_TARGET_ARGS=--target=$(RUST_TARGET)
-endif
 
 CARGO_VERBOSE = $(cargo_verbose_$(V))
 cargo_verbose_ = $(cargo_verbose_$(AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY))
diff --git c/configure.ac i/configure.ac
index d566ab49..456394ff 100644
--- c/configure.ac
+++ i/configure.ac
@@ -292,9 +292,7 @@ if test "x$RUST_TARGET" == x; then
 fi
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL(CROSS_COMPILING, test $cross_compiling = yes)
-if test "x$cross_compiling" = "xyes" ; then
-	RUST_TARGET_SUBDIR="$RUST_TARGET/$RUST_TARGET_SUBDIR"
-fi
+RUST_TARGET_SUBDIR="$RUST_TARGET/$RUST_TARGET_SUBDIR"
 AC_SUBST([RUST_TARGET_SUBDIR])
 
 dnl ===========================================================================

