diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 329657e..4b9363b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ CACHE = cache
 # The end result
 BIN = bin
 
-# Things configure likes to see
-CONFIG_XCOMPILE_FLAGS = --host=i386-linux --program-transform-name=
-
 all: packages
 
 dist: ctf-install.zip
diff --git a/packages/packages.mk b/packages/packages.mk
index 2981412..d4b16f6 100644
--- a/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/packages/packages.mk
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ endef
 
 include packages/*/*.mk
 
+# Things configure likes to see
+CONFIG_XCOMPILE_FLAGS = --host=i386-linux --program-transform-name=
+
 # Make foo depend on foo.pkg
 $(foreach p, $(PACKAGES), $(eval $p: $(BIN)/$p.pkg))