diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-cross.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-cross.inc
index 5e6f468f2e..02ec891606 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-cross.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-cross.inc
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ PROVIDES = "virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}binutils"
 PN = "binutils-cross-${TARGET_ARCH}"
 BPN = "binutils"
 
+# Ignore how TARGET_ARCH is computed.
+TARGET_ARCH[vardepvalue] = "${TARGET_ARCH}"
+
 INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"
 INHIBIT_AUTOTOOLS_DEPS = "1"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross.inc
index bb5f7a0a5e..c5c1645f69 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross.inc
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ python () {
 
 PN = "gcc-cross-${TARGET_ARCH}"
 
+# Ignore how TARGET_ARCH is computed.
+TARGET_ARCH[vardepvalue] = "${TARGET_ARCH}"
+
 require gcc-configure-common.inc
 
 # While we want the 'gnu' hash style, we explicitly set it to sysv here to
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-cross.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-cross.inc
index d92f31fb01..ebe329f6d3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-cross.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-cross.inc
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ GDBPROPREFIX = ""
 PN = "gdb-cross-${TARGET_ARCH}"
 BPN = "gdb"
 
+# Ignore how TARGET_ARCH is computed.
+TARGET_ARCH[vardepvalue] = "${TARGET_ARCH}"
+
 inherit cross
 inherit gettext
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/go/go-cross.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/go/go-cross.inc
index 68f5efd6c0..93206a5d05 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/go/go-cross.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/go/go-cross.inc
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ DEPENDS += "gcc-cross-${TARGET_ARCH}"
 
 PN = "go-cross-${TARGET_ARCH}"
 
+# Ignore how TARGET_ARCH is computed.
+TARGET_ARCH[vardepvalue] = "${TARGET_ARCH}"
+
 FILESEXTRAPATHS =. "${FILE_DIRNAME}/go-cross:"
 
 GOROOT_FINAL = "${libdir}/go"