diff --git a/config/path b/config/path
index 1022476e5a..a2a0b77f88 100644
--- a/config/path
+++ b/config/path
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@ set -e
 # determine architecture's family
 case $TARGET_ARCH in
   arm)
-    TARGET_FAMILY=arm
+    TARGET_SUBARCH=arm
     TARGET_ABI=eabi
     ;;
 
   i386)
-    TARGET_FAMILY=i686
+    TARGET_SUBARCH=i686
     ;;
 
   x86_64)
-    TARGET_FAMILY=x86_64
+    TARGET_SUBARCH=x86_64
     ;;
 esac
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ fi
   ADDONS=addons
 
 HOST_NAME=`$SCRIPTS/configtools/config.guess`
-TARGET_NAME=${TARGET_FAMILY}-openelec-linux-gnu${TARGET_ABI}
+TARGET_NAME=${TARGET_SUBARCH}-openelec-linux-gnu${TARGET_ABI}
 
 BUILD=$BUILD_BASE.$DISTRONAME-$PROJECT.$TARGET_ARCH-$OPENELEC_VERSION
 TARGET_IMG=$ROOT/$TARGET