diff --git a/mlir/tools/mlir-irdl-to-cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/tools/mlir-irdl-to-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a0f77d856b44..27a7e22db7d7b 100644
--- a/mlir/tools/mlir-irdl-to-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/tools/mlir-irdl-to-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,23 +6,4 @@ mlir_target_link_libraries(mlir-irdl-to-cpp
   MLIRTargetIRDLToCpp
   )
 
-# Set up a native build when cross-compiling.
-if(LLVM_USE_HOST_TOOLS)
-  build_native_tool(
-    mlir-irdl-to-cpp
-    MLIR_IRDL_TO_CPP_EXE
-
-    # Native tool must depend on target tool so that the native tool gets
-    # properly rebuilt when the target tool changes.
-    DEPENDS mlir-irdl-to-cpp
-  )
-  add_custom_target(mlir-irdl-to-cpp-host DEPENDS ${MLIR_IRDL_TO_CPP_EXE})
-  set(MLIR_IRDL_TO_CPP_TARGET mlir-irdl-to-cpp-host)
-else()
-  set(MLIR_IRDL_TO_CPP_EXE $<TARGET_FILE:mlir-irdl-to-cpp>)
-  set(MLIR_IRDL_TO_CPP_TARGET mlir-irdl-to-cpp)
-endif()
-
-# Save the executable path and target name to the cache to expose it globally.
-set(MLIR_IRDL_TO_CPP_EXE "${MLIR_IRDL_TO_CPP_EXE}" CACHE INTERNAL "")
-set(MLIR_IRDL_TO_CPP_TARGET "${MLIR_IRDL_TO_CPP_TARGET}" CACHE INTERNAL "")
+setup_host_tool(mlir-irdl-to-cpp MLIR_IRDL_TO_CPP MLIR_IRDL_TO_CPP_EXE MLIR_IRDL_TO_CPP_TARGET)