diff --git a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
index f5ec1cfbcba..00f748fe1bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ jobs:
         fi
         # Check that we don't cross-build uudoc
         # also do not try to generate manpages for part of hashsum
-        make install-manpages PREFIX=/tmp/usr UTILS=true RUSTC_ARCH="--target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+        env CARGO_BUILD_TARGET=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu make install-manpages PREFIX=/tmp/usr UTILS=true
         # build (host)
         make build
         echo "Check that target directory will be ignored by backup tools"
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index b13dbbd3474..71cb329266f 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ endif
 # Binaries
 CARGO  ?= cargo
 CARGOFLAGS ?=
-RUSTC_ARCH ?= # should be empty except for cross-build, not --target $(shell rustc --print host-tuple)
 
 # Install directories
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
@@ -43,11 +42,12 @@ PROG_PREFIX ?=
 
 # This won't support any directory with spaces in its name, but you can just
 # make a symlink without spaces that points to the directory.
+# CARGO_BUILD_TARGET should be undefined for not cross-build.
 BASEDIR       ?= $(shell pwd)
 ifdef CARGO_TARGET_DIR
 BUILDDIR 	  := $(CARGO_TARGET_DIR)/${PROFILE}
 else
-BUILDDIR      := $(BASEDIR)/target/${PROFILE}
+BUILDDIR      := $(BASEDIR)/target/$(CARGO_BUILD_TARGET)/${PROFILE}
 endif
 PKG_BUILDDIR  := $(BUILDDIR)/deps
 DOCSDIR       := $(BASEDIR)/docs
@@ -320,14 +320,14 @@ all: build
 build-pkgs:
 ifneq (${MULTICALL}, y)
 ifdef BUILD_SPEC_FEATURE
-	${CARGO} build ${CARGOFLAGS} --features "$(BUILD_SPEC_FEATURE)" ${PROFILE_CMD} $(foreach pkg,$(EXES),-p uu_$(pkg)) $(RUSTC_ARCH)
+	${CARGO} build ${CARGOFLAGS} --features "$(BUILD_SPEC_FEATURE)" ${PROFILE_CMD} $(foreach pkg,$(EXES),-p uu_$(pkg))
 else
-	${CARGO} build ${CARGOFLAGS} ${PROFILE_CMD} $(foreach pkg,$(EXES),-p uu_$(pkg)) $(RUSTC_ARCH)
+	${CARGO} build ${CARGOFLAGS} ${PROFILE_CMD} $(foreach pkg,$(EXES),-p uu_$(pkg))
 endif
 endif
 
 build-coreutils:
-	${CARGO} build ${CARGOFLAGS} --features "${EXES} $(BUILD_SPEC_FEATURE)" ${PROFILE_CMD} --no-default-features $(RUSTC_ARCH)
+	${CARGO} build ${CARGOFLAGS} --features "${EXES} $(BUILD_SPEC_FEATURE)" ${PROFILE_CMD} --no-default-features
 
 build: build-coreutils build-pkgs locales
 
@@ -377,21 +377,21 @@ busytest: $(BUILDDIR)/busybox $(addprefix test_busybox_,$(filter-out $(SKIP_UTIL
 endif
 
 clean:
-	cargo clean $(RUSTC_ARCH)
-	cd $(DOCSDIR) && $(MAKE) clean $(RUSTC_ARCH)
+	cargo clean
+	cd $(DOCSDIR) && $(MAKE) clean
 
 distclean: clean
-	$(CARGO) clean $(CARGOFLAGS) $(RUSTC_ARCH) && $(CARGO) update $(CARGOFLAGS) $(RUSTC_ARCH)
+	$(CARGO) clean $(CARGOFLAGS) && $(CARGO) update $(CARGOFLAGS)
 
 ifeq ($(MANPAGES),y)
+# Do not cross-build uudoc
 build-uudoc:
-	# Use same PROFILE with coreutils to share crates (if not cross-build)
-	${CARGO} build ${CARGOFLAGS} --bin uudoc --features "uudoc ${EXES}" ${PROFILE_CMD} --no-default-features
+	@unset CARGO_BUILD_TARGET && ${CARGO} build ${CARGOFLAGS} --bin uudoc --features "uudoc ${EXES}" ${PROFILE_CMD} --no-default-features
 
 install-manpages: build-uudoc
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(DATAROOTDIR)/man/man1
 	$(foreach prog, $(INSTALLEES) $(HASHSUM_PROGS), \
-		$(BUILDDIR)/uudoc manpage $(prog) > $(DESTDIR)$(DATAROOTDIR)/man/man1/$(PROG_PREFIX)$(prog).1 $(newline) \
+		$(BASEDIR)/target/$(PROFILE)/uudoc manpage $(prog) > $(DESTDIR)$(DATAROOTDIR)/man/man1/$(PROG_PREFIX)$(prog).1 $(newline) \
 	)
 else
 install-manpages:
@@ -404,9 +404,9 @@ install-completions: build-uudoc
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(DATAROOTDIR)/bash-completion/completions
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(DATAROOTDIR)/fish/vendor_completions.d
 	$(foreach prog, $(INSTALLEES) $(HASHSUM_PROGS) , \
-		$(BUILDDIR)/uudoc completion $(prog) zsh > $(DESTDIR)$(DATAROOTDIR)/zsh/site-functions/_$(PROG_PREFIX)$(prog) $(newline) \
-		$(BUILDDIR)/uudoc completion $(prog) bash > $(DESTDIR)$(DATAROOTDIR)/bash-completion/completions/$(PROG_PREFIX)$(prog).bash $(newline) \
-		$(BUILDDIR)/uudoc completion $(prog) fish > $(DESTDIR)$(DATAROOTDIR)/fish/vendor_completions.d/$(PROG_PREFIX)$(prog).fish $(newline) \
+		$(BASEDIR)/target/$(PROFILE)/uudoc completion $(prog) zsh > $(DESTDIR)$(DATAROOTDIR)/zsh/site-functions/_$(PROG_PREFIX)$(prog) $(newline) \
+		$(BASEDIR)/target/$(PROFILE)/uudoc completion $(prog) bash > $(DESTDIR)$(DATAROOTDIR)/bash-completion/completions/$(PROG_PREFIX)$(prog).bash $(newline) \
+		$(BASEDIR)/target/$(PROFILE)/uudoc completion $(prog) fish > $(DESTDIR)$(DATAROOTDIR)/fish/vendor_completions.d/$(PROG_PREFIX)$(prog).fish $(newline) \
 	)
 else
 install-completions: