-include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
-
-HOSTSRCS := $(SRCTREE)/lib/crc32.c fw_env.c fw_env_main.c
-HOSTSRCS += $(SRCTREE)/lib/ctype.c $(SRCTREE)/lib/linux_string.c
-HOSTSRCS += $(SRCTREE)/common/env_attr.c $(SRCTREE)/common/env_flags.c
-HEADERS := fw_env.h $(OBJTREE)/include/config.h
+# fw_printenv is supposed to run on the target system, which means it should be
+# built with cross tools. Although it may look weird, we only replace "HOSTCC"
+# with "CC" here for the maximum code reuse of scripts/Makefile.host.
+HOSTCC = $(CC)