diff --git a/src/libstd/build.rs b/src/libstd/build.rs
index 743a1778fbda3..f33af1ef7f668 100644
--- a/src/libstd/build.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/build.rs
@@ -63,4 +63,5 @@ fn main() {
         println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=c");
         println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=compiler_rt");
     }
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=STD_ENV_ARCH={}", env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ARCH").unwrap());
 }
diff --git a/src/libstd/env.rs b/src/libstd/env.rs
index 97c20ca9459ef..6489e0709cb91 100644
--- a/src/libstd/env.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/env.rs
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ pub mod consts {
     /// - s390x
     /// - sparc64
     #[stable(feature = "env", since = "1.0.0")]
-    pub const ARCH: &str = super::arch::ARCH;
+    pub const ARCH: &str = env!("STD_ENV_ARCH");
 
     /// The family of the operating system. Example value is `unix`.
     ///
@@ -966,81 +966,6 @@ pub mod consts {
     pub const EXE_EXTENSION: &str = os::EXE_EXTENSION;
 }
 
-#[cfg(target_arch = "x86")]
-mod arch {
-    pub const ARCH: &str = "x86";
-}
-
-#[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
-mod arch {
-    pub const ARCH: &str = "x86_64";
-}
-
-#[cfg(target_arch = "arm")]
-mod arch {
-    pub const ARCH: &str = "arm";
-}
-
-#[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
-mod arch {
-    pub const ARCH: &str = "aarch64";
-}
-
-#[cfg(target_arch = "mips")]
-mod arch {
-    pub const ARCH: &str = "mips";
-}
-
-#[cfg(target_arch = "mips64")]
-mod arch {
-    pub const ARCH: &str = "mips64";
-}
-
-#[cfg(target_arch = "powerpc")]
-mod arch {
-    pub const ARCH: &str = "powerpc";
-}
-
-#[cfg(target_arch = "powerpc64")]
-mod arch {
-    pub const ARCH: &str = "powerpc64";
-}
-
-#[cfg(target_arch = "s390x")]
-mod arch {
-    pub const ARCH: &str = "s390x";
-}
-
-#[cfg(target_arch = "sparc64")]
-mod arch {
-    pub const ARCH: &str = "sparc64";
-}
-
-#[cfg(target_arch = "le32")]
-mod arch {
-    pub const ARCH: &str = "le32";
-}
-
-#[cfg(target_arch = "asmjs")]
-mod arch {
-    pub const ARCH: &str = "asmjs";
-}
-
-#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
-mod arch {
-    pub const ARCH: &str = "wasm32";
-}
-
-#[cfg(target_arch = "hexagon")]
-mod arch {
-    pub const ARCH: &'static str = "hexagon";
-}
-
-#[cfg(target_arch = "riscv64")]
-mod arch {
-    pub const ARCH: &'static str = "riscv64";
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;