diff --git a/winsup/cygserver/configure b/winsup/cygserver/configure
index aa87be83d..9f5cb8d89 100755
--- a/winsup/cygserver/configure
+++ b/winsup/cygserver/configure
@@ -596,7 +596,6 @@ LD
 RANLIB
 AS
 AR
-all_host
 INCLUDES
 CPP
 ac_ct_CXX
@@ -3387,17 +3386,6 @@ done
 
 
 
-case "$with_cross_host" in
-  ""|*cygwin*)
-    all_host="all_host"
-    ;;
-  *)
-    all_host=
-    ;;
-esac
-
-
-
 if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
   # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}ar", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}ar; ac_word=$2
diff --git a/winsup/cygserver/configure.ac b/winsup/cygserver/configure.ac
index 4ff784e47..e1b29debf 100644
--- a/winsup/cygserver/configure.ac
+++ b/winsup/cygserver/configure.ac
@@ -27,17 +27,6 @@ AC_LANG(C++)
 
 AC_CYGWIN_INCLUDES
 
-case "$with_cross_host" in
-  ""|*cygwin*)
-    all_host="all_host"
-    ;;
-  *)
-    all_host=
-    ;;
-esac
-
-AC_SUBST(all_host)
-
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar, ar)
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(AS, as, as)
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(RANLIB, ranlib, ranlib)
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/Makefile.in b/winsup/cygwin/Makefile.in
index 89e1b7567..9b07d9833 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/Makefile.in
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/Makefile.in
@@ -572,17 +572,11 @@ exec_CFLAGS:=-fno-builtin-execve
 fhandler_proc_CFLAGS+=-DUSERNAME="\"$(USER)\"" -DHOSTNAME="\"$(HOSTNAME)\""
 fhandler_proc_CFLAGS+=-DGCC_VERSION="\"`$(CC) -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\""
 
-.PHONY: all force dll_ofiles install all_target all_host \
+.PHONY: all force dll_ofiles install \
 	install install-libs install-headers \
 	clean distclean realclean maintainer-clean
 
-all_host=@all_host@
-
-all: all_target $(all_host)
-
-all_target: $(TARGET_LIBS)
-
-all_host: $(TEST_LIB_NAME)
+all: $(TARGET_LIBS) $(TEST_LIB_NAME)
 
 force:
 
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/configure b/winsup/cygwin/configure
index 1151d22ef..99be83c60 100755
--- a/winsup/cygwin/configure
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/configure
@@ -603,7 +603,6 @@ LD
 DLLTOOL
 AS
 AR
-all_host
 INCLUDES
 CPP
 ac_ct_CXX
@@ -3397,17 +3396,6 @@ done
 
 
 
-case "$with_cross_host" in
-  ""|*cygwin*)
-    all_host="all_host"
-    ;;
-  *)
-    all_host=
-    ;;
-esac
-
-
-
 if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
   # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}ar", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}ar; ac_word=$2
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/configure.ac b/winsup/cygwin/configure.ac
index 658247099..cf9bbaba1 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/configure.ac
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/configure.ac
@@ -29,17 +29,6 @@ AC_LANG(C++)
 
 AC_CYGWIN_INCLUDES
 
-case "$with_cross_host" in
-  ""|*cygwin*)
-    all_host="all_host"
-    ;;
-  *)
-    all_host=
-    ;;
-esac
-
-AC_SUBST(all_host)
-
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar, ar)
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(AS, as, as)
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(DLLTOOL, dlltool, dlltool)