diff --git a/ffbuild/common.mak b/ffbuild/common.mak
index 06d6f39..53862c3 100644
--- a/ffbuild/common.mak
+++ b/ffbuild/common.mak
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ LINK = $(if $(filter -lstdc++,$(1)),$(LDXX) $(filter-out -lstdc++,$(1)),$(LD) $(
 endif
 endif
 
-BIN2CEXE = ffbuild/bin2c$(HOSTEXESUF)
-BIN2C = $(BIN2CEXE)
+BIN2C = bin2c
 
 ifndef V
 Q      = @
@@ -122,9 +121,6 @@ COMPILE_LASX = $(call COMPILE,CC,LASXFLAGS)
 %.h.c:
 	$(Q)echo '#include "$*.h"' >$@
 
-$(BIN2CEXE): ffbuild/bin2c_host.o
-	$(HOSTLD) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) $(HOSTLD_O) $^ $(HOSTEXTRALIBS)
-
 RUN_BIN2C = $(BIN2C) $(patsubst $(SRC_PATH)/%,$(SRC_LINK)/%,$<) $@ $(subst .,_,$(basename $(notdir $@)))
 RUN_GZIP  = $(M)gzip -nc9 $(patsubst $(SRC_PATH)/%,$(SRC_LINK)/%,$<) >$@
 RUN_MINIFY = $(M)sed 's!/\\*.*\\*/!!g' $< | tr '\n' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | sed 's/^ //; s/ $$//' > $@