diff --git a/mk/config.mk b/mk/config.mk
index 1d9afaa7a..44c20a484 100644
--- a/mk/config.mk
+++ b/mk/config.mk
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ CONTAINERFILE?=podman/redox-base-containerfile
 export NPROC=nproc
 export REDOX_MAKE=make
 
-ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
+ifneq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
 HOST_TARGET := $(shell env -u RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN rustc -vV | grep host | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d " ")
 # x86_64 linux hosts have all toolchains
 ifneq ($(HOST_TARGET),x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu)