diff --git a/arch/um/Makefile-i386 b/arch/um/Makefile-i386
index aef7c50f8e13..1f7dcb064aee 100644
--- a/arch/um/Makefile-i386
+++ b/arch/um/Makefile-i386
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ ifeq ("$(origin SUBARCH)", "command line")
 ifneq ("$(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/)", "$(SUBARCH)")
 CFLAGS			+= $(call cc-option,-m32)
 USER_CFLAGS		+= $(call cc-option,-m32)
-HOSTCFLAGS		+= $(call cc-option,-m32)
-HOSTLDFLAGS		+= $(call cc-option,-m32)
 AFLAGS			+= $(call cc-option,-m32)
 LINK-y			+= $(call cc-option,-m32)
 UML_OBJCOPYFLAGS	+= -F $(ELF_FORMAT)