diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/nss/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/nss/package.mk
index 5d8b376272..7f411b4d94 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/nss/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/nss/package.mk
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ MAKEFLAGS=-j1
 make_host() {
   cd $PKG_BUILD/nss
 
-  [ "$TARGET_ARCH" = "x86_64" ] && export USE_64=1
-
-  make -C coreconf/nsinstall
+  make USE_64=1 -C coreconf/nsinstall
 }
 
 makeinstall_host() {