diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.8/llvm.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.8/llvm.nix
index 835a5008ef58..a6fb61198176 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.8/llvm.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/3.8/llvm.nix
@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DLLVM_ENABLE_LIBCXX=ON"
     "-DCAN_TARGET_i386=false"
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl [
-    "-DLLVM_HOST_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
-    "-DLLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE=${stdenv.targetPlatform.config}"
-    "-DTARGET_TRIPLE=${stdenv.targetPlatform.config}"
     # Not yet supported
     "-DCOMPILER_RT_BUILD_SANITIZERS=OFF"
     "-DCOMPILER_RT_BUILD_XRAY=OFF"