diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 1f4518c260..9793b03414 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- Mode: makefile -*-
 
+include ../config-host.mak
 include config.mak
 include $(SRC_PATH)/rules.mak
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ad04880c0b..ed5d7d6da0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2147,8 +2147,6 @@ ln -s $source_path/Makefile.target $target_dir/Makefile
 
 echo "# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify" > $config_mak
 
-echo "include ../config-host.mak" >> $config_mak
-
 bflt="no"
 elfload32="no"
 target_nptl="no"