diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index 52262910a6..0e3ba5d222 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -59,11 +59,8 @@ PKG_KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$(kernel_config_path)
 if [ "$TARGET_KERNEL_ARCH" = "arm64" -a "$TARGET_ARCH" = "arm" ]; then
   PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="$PKG_DEPENDS_HOST gcc-linaro-aarch64-linux-gnu:host"
   PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET gcc-linaro-aarch64-linux-gnu:host"
-  PKG_TARGET_PREFIX=$TOOLCHAIN/lib/gcc-linaro-aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-
   HEADERS_ARCH=$TARGET_ARCH
   PKG_BUILD_PERF="no"
-else
-  PKG_TARGET_PREFIX=$TARGET_PREFIX
 fi
 
 if [ "$DEVTOOLS" = "yes" -a "$PKG_BUILD_PERF" != "no" ] && grep -q ^CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS= $PKG_KERNEL_CFG_FILE ; then
@@ -85,7 +82,7 @@ post_patch() {
   sed -i -e "s|^HOSTCC[[:space:]]*=.*$|HOSTCC = $TOOLCHAIN/bin/host-gcc|" \
          -e "s|^HOSTCXX[[:space:]]*=.*$|HOSTCXX = $TOOLCHAIN/bin/host-g++|" \
          -e "s|^ARCH[[:space:]]*?=.*$|ARCH = $TARGET_KERNEL_ARCH|" \
-         -e "s|^CROSS_COMPILE[[:space:]]*?=.*$|CROSS_COMPILE = $PKG_TARGET_PREFIX|" \
+         -e "s|^CROSS_COMPILE[[:space:]]*?=.*$|CROSS_COMPILE = $TARGET_KERNEL_PREFIX|" \
          $PKG_BUILD/Makefile
 
   cp $PKG_KERNEL_CFG_FILE $PKG_BUILD/.config