diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/remove_obsoletes.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/remove_obsoletes.sh
index 506ab6855d..3c4222125a 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/remove_obsoletes.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/remove_obsoletes.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 remove_obsoletes () {
     for repo in $XBPS_HOSTDIR/binpkgs $XBPS_HOSTDIR/binpkgs/debug $XBPS_HOSTDIR/binpkgs/nonfree $XBPS_HOSTDIR/binpkgs/multilib/  $XBPS_HOSTDIR/binpkgs/multilib/nonfree ; do
         msg_normal "Cleaning $repo\n"
-        XBPS_ARCH=${XBPS_CROSS_TARGET:-$XBPS_MACHINE} $XBPS_RINDEX_CMD -r $repo
+        XBPS_ARCH=${XBPS_CROSS_BUILD:-$XBPS_MACHINE} $XBPS_RINDEX_CMD -r $repo
     done
 }