diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 955fe2cb74..3aae0097e1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -127,12 +127,8 @@ if(TARGET_UARCH_FLAGS)
 elseif(TARGET_UARCH)
 	message(STATUS "Setting target microarchitecture to '${TARGET_UARCH}'")
 else()
-	if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
-		set(_default_target_uarch "none")
-	else()
-		set(_default_target_uarch "native")
-	endif()
-	message(STATUS "Setting target microarchitecture to '${_default_target_uarch}' as none was specified")
+	set(_default_target_uarch "none")
+	message(STATUS "Setting target microarchitecture to 'none' since TARGET_UARCH was not set")
 endif()
 
 if(NOT TARGET_UARCH)