diff --git a/mk/config.mk b/mk/config.mk
index a96bb1954..ca3205812 100644
--- a/mk/config.mk
+++ b/mk/config.mk
@@ -44,13 +44,11 @@ CONTAINERFILE?=podman/redox-base-containerfile
 export NPROC=nproc
 export REDOX_MAKE=make
 
-ifneq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
 HOST_TARGET := $(shell env -u RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN rustc -vV | grep host | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d " ")
 ifneq ($(HOST_TARGET),x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu)
     $(info The binary prefix is only built for x86_64 Linux hosts)
 	PREFIX_BINARY=0
 endif
-endif
 
 ifeq ($(SCCACHE_BUILD),1)
 ifeq (,$(shell command -v sccache))