diff --git a/core/binary.mk b/core/binary.mk
index e18cceadec..4bf31ad50c 100644
--- a/core/binary.mk
+++ b/core/binary.mk
@@ -191,6 +191,15 @@ ifdef LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE
         my_clang := true
     endif
     endif
+# Add option to make clang the default for device build
+else ifeq ($(USE_CLANG_PLATFORM_BUILD),true)
+    ifeq ($(my_clang),)
+        my_clang := true
+    endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(strip $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)WITHOUT_$(my_prefix)CLANG)),true)
+  my_clang :=
 endif
 
 my_cpp_std_version := -std=gnu++14
@@ -209,12 +218,6 @@ endif
 
 my_cppflags := $(my_cpp_std_version) $(my_cppflags)
 
-# Add option to make clang the default for device build
-ifeq ($(USE_CLANG_PLATFORM_BUILD),true)
-    ifeq ($(my_clang),)
-        my_clang := true
-    endif
-endif
 
 # arch-specific static libraries go first so that generic ones can depend on them
 my_static_libraries := $(LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES_$($(my_prefix)$(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)ARCH)) $(LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES_$(my_32_64_bit_suffix)) $(my_static_libraries)
@@ -235,10 +238,6 @@ my_linker := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_LINKER)
 
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/config_sanitizers.mk
 
-ifeq ($(strip $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)WITHOUT_$(my_prefix)CLANG)),true)
-  my_clang :=
-endif
-
 # Add in libcompiler_rt for all regular device builds
 ifeq (,$(LOCAL_SDK_VERSION)$(WITHOUT_LIBCOMPILER_RT))
   my_static_libraries += $(COMPILER_RT_CONFIG_EXTRA_STATIC_LIBRARIES)
diff --git a/core/combo/HOST_CROSS_windows-x86.mk b/core/combo/HOST_CROSS_windows-x86.mk
index e4d8593955..f5095949d8 100644
--- a/core/combo/HOST_CROSS_windows-x86.mk
+++ b/core/combo/HOST_CROSS_windows-x86.mk
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ $(combo_var_prefix)GLOBAL_CFLAGS += -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MAC
 # Use C99-compliant printf functions (%zd).
 $(combo_var_prefix)GLOBAL_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1
 # Admit to using >= Win2K.
-$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)HOST_GLOBAL_CFLAGS += -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0500
+$(combo_var_prefix)GLOBAL_CFLAGS += -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0500
 # Get 64-bit off_t and related functions.
-$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)HOST_GLOBAL_CFLAGS += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+$(combo_var_prefix)GLOBAL_CFLAGS += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 
 $(combo_var_prefix)CC := $(TOOLS_PREFIX)gcc
 $(combo_var_prefix)CXX := $(TOOLS_PREFIX)g++
 $(combo_var_prefix)AR := $(TOOLS_PREFIX)ar
 
-$(combo_var_prefix)HOST_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS += \
+$(combo_var_prefix)GLOBAL_LDFLAGS += \
     --enable-stdcall-fixup
 
 ifneq ($(strip $(BUILD_HOST_static)),)