diff --git a/mk/config.mk b/mk/config.mk
index 6f9cefb0..1dc21d9b 100644
--- a/mk/config.mk
+++ b/mk/config.mk
@@ -37,11 +37,15 @@ CONTAINERFILE?=podman/redox-base-containerfile
 # Per host variables
 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)
 	# The binary prefix is only built for x86_64 Linux hosts
 	PREFIX_BINARY=0
 endif
+endif
+
 UNAME := $(shell uname)
 ifeq ($(UNAME),Darwin)
 	FUMOUNT=umount
@@ -65,13 +69,6 @@ else
 	VBM=VBoxManage
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(UNAME),Linux)
-	PREFIX_BINARY=0
-endif
-ifneq ($(HOST_ARCH),x86_64)
-	PREFIX_BINARY=0
-endif
-
 # Automatic variables
 ROOT=$(CURDIR)
 export RUST_COMPILER_RT_ROOT=$(ROOT)/rust/src/llvm-project/compiler-rt