diff --git a/meta/classes/cross.bbclass b/meta/classes/cross.bbclass
index 8757303678..4feb01ecc1 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cross.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cross.bbclass
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS = "${BUILD_ARCH}${BUILD_VENDOR}-${BUILD_OS}"
 export PKG_CONFIG_DIR = "${exec_prefix}/lib/pkgconfig"
 export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR = ""
 
-TARGET_CPPFLAGS = "${BUILD_CPPFLAGS}"
-TARGET_CFLAGS = "${BUILD_CFLAGS}"
-TARGET_CXXFLAGS = "${BUILD_CXXFLAGS}"
-TARGET_LDFLAGS = "${BUILD_LDFLAGS}"
+TARGET_CPPFLAGS = ""
+TARGET_CFLAGS = ""
+TARGET_CXXFLAGS = ""
+TARGET_LDFLAGS = ""
 
 CPPFLAGS = "${BUILD_CPPFLAGS}"
 CFLAGS = "${BUILD_CFLAGS}"