diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/abi/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/abi/mod.rs
index 9ac282df5b5ea..09d71f5dd5579 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/abi/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/abi/mod.rs
@@ -916,8 +916,8 @@ pub(crate) fn codegen_call_with_unwind_action(
 pub(crate) fn lib_call_arg_param(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, ty: Type, is_signed: bool) -> AbiParam {
     let param = AbiParam::new(ty);
     if ty.is_int() && u64::from(ty.bits()) < tcx.data_layout.pointer_size().bits() {
-        match (&tcx.sess.target.arch, tcx.sess.target.vendor.as_ref()) {
-            (Arch::X86_64, _) | (Arch::AArch64, "apple") => match (ty, is_signed) {
+        match (&tcx.sess.target.arch, tcx.sess.target.is_like_darwin) {
+            (Arch::X86_64, _) | (Arch::AArch64, true) => match (ty, is_signed) {
                 (types::I8 | types::I16, true) => param.sext(),
                 (types::I8 | types::I16, false) => param.uext(),
                 _ => param,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/codegen_f16_f128.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/codegen_f16_f128.rs
index 91f7220667ff9..86bff32dc623c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/codegen_f16_f128.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/codegen_f16_f128.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::prelude::*;
 
 pub(crate) fn f16_to_f32(fx: &mut FunctionCx<'_, '_, '_>, value: Value) -> Value {
     let (value, arg_ty) =
-        if fx.tcx.sess.target.vendor == "apple" && fx.tcx.sess.target.arch == Arch::X86_64 {
+        if fx.tcx.sess.target.is_like_darwin && fx.tcx.sess.target.arch == Arch::X86_64 {
             (
                 fx.bcx.ins().bitcast(types::I16, MemFlags::new(), value),
                 lib_call_arg_param(fx.tcx, types::I16, false),
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ fn f16_to_f64(fx: &mut FunctionCx<'_, '_, '_>, value: Value) -> Value {
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn f32_to_f16(fx: &mut FunctionCx<'_, '_, '_>, value: Value) -> Value {
-    let ret_ty = if fx.tcx.sess.target.vendor == "apple" && fx.tcx.sess.target.arch == Arch::X86_64
-    {
+    let ret_ty = if fx.tcx.sess.target.is_like_darwin && fx.tcx.sess.target.arch == Arch::X86_64 {
         types::I16
     } else {
         types::F16
@@ -38,8 +37,7 @@ pub(crate) fn f32_to_f16(fx: &mut FunctionCx<'_, '_, '_>, value: Value) -> Value
 }
 
 fn f64_to_f16(fx: &mut FunctionCx<'_, '_, '_>, value: Value) -> Value {
-    let ret_ty = if fx.tcx.sess.target.vendor == "apple" && fx.tcx.sess.target.arch == Arch::X86_64
-    {
+    let ret_ty = if fx.tcx.sess.target.is_like_darwin && fx.tcx.sess.target.arch == Arch::X86_64 {
         types::I16
     } else {
         types::F16
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
index c5724c20b2165..2817dcf8e976a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
@@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ fn self_contained_components(
                 LinkSelfContainedDefault::InferredForMusl => sess.crt_static(Some(crate_type)),
                 LinkSelfContainedDefault::InferredForMingw => {
                     sess.host == sess.target
-                        && sess.target.vendor != "uwp"
+                        && sess.target.abi != "uwp"
                         && detect_self_contained_mingw(sess, linker)
                 }
             }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/linker.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/linker.rs
index eb2740d59b4b5..5abcf99b3d67a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/linker.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/linker.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ pub(crate) fn get_linker<'a>(
     // To comply with the Windows App Certification Kit,
     // MSVC needs to link with the Store versions of the runtime libraries (vcruntime, msvcrt, etc).
     let t = &sess.target;
-    if matches!(flavor, LinkerFlavor::Msvc(..)) && t.vendor == "uwp" {
+    if matches!(flavor, LinkerFlavor::Msvc(..)) && t.abi == "uwp" {
         if let Some(ref tool) = msvc_tool {
             let original_path = tool.path();
             if let Some(root_lib_path) = original_path.ancestors().nth(4) {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ pub(crate) fn get_linker<'a>(
 
     // FIXME: Move `/LIBPATH` addition for uwp targets from the linker construction
     // to the linker args construction.
-    assert!(cmd.get_args().is_empty() || sess.target.vendor == "uwp");
+    assert!(cmd.get_args().is_empty() || sess.target.abi == "uwp");
     match flavor {
         LinkerFlavor::Unix(Cc::No) if sess.target.os == "l4re" => {
             Box::new(L4Bender::new(cmd, sess)) as Box<dyn Linker>
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/common.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/common.rs
index 08e2f35595332..bde36f45b3838 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/common.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/common.rs
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ pub fn asm_const_to_str<'tcx>(
 }
 
 pub fn is_mingw_gnu_toolchain(target: &Target) -> bool {
-    target.vendor == "pc" && target.os == "windows" && target.env == "gnu" && target.abi.is_empty()
+    target.os == "windows" && target.env == "gnu" && target.abi.is_empty()
 }
 
 pub fn i686_decorated_name(
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/native_libs.rs b/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/native_libs.rs
index 291f5c65dfa27..10fe23a0a65c9 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/native_libs.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/native_libs.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub fn walk_native_lib_search_dirs<R>(
     // FIXME: On AIX this also has the side-effect of making the list of library search paths
     // non-empty, which is needed or the linker may decide to record the LIBPATH env, if
     // defined, as the search path instead of appending the default search paths.
-    if sess.target.vendor == "fortanix"
+    if sess.target.abi == "fortanix"
         || sess.target.os == "linux"
         || sess.target.os == "fuchsia"
         || sess.target.is_like_aix
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/src/config/cfg.rs b/compiler/rustc_session/src/config/cfg.rs
index 26ff87417ab0d..50c88e8b1e62a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/src/config/cfg.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/src/config/cfg.rs
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ pub(crate) fn default_configuration(sess: &Session) -> Cfg {
         ins_none!(sym::target_thread_local);
     }
 
-    ins_str!(sym::target_vendor, &sess.target.vendor);
+    ins_sym!(sym::target_vendor, sess.target.vendor_symbol());
 
     // If the user wants a test runner, then add the test cfg.
     if sess.is_test_crate() {
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ impl CheckCfg {
                     );
                     values_target_os.insert(Symbol::intern(&target.options.os));
                     values_target_pointer_width.insert(sym::integer(target.pointer_width));
-                    values_target_vendor.insert(Symbol::intern(&target.options.vendor));
+                    values_target_vendor.insert(target.vendor_symbol());
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/lib.rs
index 2d83caa07676a..73a0d9eea7326 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 
 // tidy-alphabetical-start
 #![cfg_attr(bootstrap, feature(debug_closure_helpers))]
+#![expect(internal_features)]
 #![feature(iter_intersperse)]
+#![feature(rustc_attrs)]
 // tidy-alphabetical-end
 
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/windows_uwp_msvc.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/windows_uwp_msvc.rs
index 374918d38a791..4f9d9c83761f4 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/windows_uwp_msvc.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/windows_uwp_msvc.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 use crate::spec::{LinkerFlavor, Lld, TargetOptions, base};
 
 pub(crate) fn opts() -> TargetOptions {
-    let mut opts = base::windows_msvc::opts();
+    let mut opts =
+        TargetOptions { abi: "uwp".into(), vendor: "uwp".into(), ..base::windows_msvc::opts() };
 
-    opts.abi = "uwp".into();
-    opts.vendor = "uwp".into();
     opts.add_pre_link_args(LinkerFlavor::Msvc(Lld::No), &["/APPCONTAINER", "mincore.lib"]);
 
     opts
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/json.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/json.rs
index ab2879f6c6ea8..8ac09205fbc89 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/json.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/json.rs
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ impl ToJson for Target {
             ($attr:ident) => {{ target_option_val!($attr, (stringify!($attr)).replace("_", "-")) }};
             ($attr:ident, $json_name:expr) => {{
                 let name = $json_name;
+                #[allow(rustc::bad_opt_access)]
                 if default.$attr != target.$attr {
                     d.insert(name.into(), target.$attr.to_json());
                 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs
index 2dd0fbc4517a5..08fae288c441c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs
@@ -2045,6 +2045,7 @@ type StaticCow<T> = Cow<'static, T>;
 /// construction, all its fields logically belong to `Target` and available from `Target`
 /// through `Deref` impls.
 #[derive(PartialEq, Clone, Debug)]
+#[rustc_lint_opt_ty]
 pub struct TargetOptions {
     /// Used as the `target_endian` `cfg` variable. Defaults to little endian.
     pub endian: Endian,
@@ -2063,7 +2064,10 @@ pub struct TargetOptions {
     /// However, parts of the backend do check this field for specific values to enable special behavior.
     pub abi: StaticCow<str>,
     /// Vendor name to use for conditional compilation (`target_vendor`). Defaults to "unknown".
-    pub vendor: StaticCow<str>,
+    #[rustc_lint_opt_deny_field_access(
+        "use `Target::is_like_*` instead of this field; see https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/100343 for rationale"
+    )]
+    vendor: StaticCow<str>,
 
     /// Linker to invoke
     pub linker: Option<StaticCow<str>>,
@@ -3323,6 +3327,10 @@ impl Target {
             Align::MAX
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn vendor_symbol(&self) -> Symbol {
+        Symbol::intern(&self.vendor)
+    }
 }
 
 /// Either a target tuple string or a path to a JSON file.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/i686_win7_windows_gnu.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/i686_win7_windows_gnu.rs
index c026f915906cb..43ebc54c2b402 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/i686_win7_windows_gnu.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/i686_win7_windows_gnu.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 use crate::spec::{
-    Arch, Cc, FramePointer, LinkerFlavor, Lld, RustcAbi, Target, TargetMetadata, base,
+    Arch, Cc, FramePointer, LinkerFlavor, Lld, RustcAbi, Target, TargetMetadata, TargetOptions,
+    base,
 };
 
 pub(crate) fn target() -> Target {
-    let mut base = base::windows_gnu::opts();
-    base.vendor = "win7".into();
-    base.rustc_abi = Some(RustcAbi::X86Sse2);
-    base.cpu = "pentium4".into();
-    base.max_atomic_width = Some(64);
-    base.frame_pointer = FramePointer::Always; // Required for backtraces
-    base.linker = Some("i686-w64-mingw32-gcc".into());
+    let mut base = TargetOptions {
+        vendor: "win7".into(),
+        rustc_abi: Some(RustcAbi::X86Sse2),
+        cpu: "pentium4".into(),
+        max_atomic_width: Some(64),
+        frame_pointer: FramePointer::Always, // Required for backtraces
+        linker: Some("i686-w64-mingw32-gcc".into()),
+        ..base::windows_gnu::opts()
+    };
 
     // Mark all dynamic libraries and executables as compatible with the larger 4GiB address
     // space available to x86 Windows binaries on x86_64.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/i686_win7_windows_msvc.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/i686_win7_windows_msvc.rs
index 68131bf654264..8994c245d7b90 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/i686_win7_windows_msvc.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/i686_win7_windows_msvc.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
-use crate::spec::{Arch, LinkerFlavor, Lld, RustcAbi, SanitizerSet, Target, TargetMetadata, base};
+use crate::spec::{
+    Arch, LinkerFlavor, Lld, RustcAbi, SanitizerSet, Target, TargetMetadata, TargetOptions, base,
+};
 
 pub(crate) fn target() -> Target {
-    let mut base = base::windows_msvc::opts();
-    base.vendor = "win7".into();
-    base.rustc_abi = Some(RustcAbi::X86Sse2);
-    base.cpu = "pentium4".into();
-    base.max_atomic_width = Some(64);
-    base.supported_sanitizers = SanitizerSet::ADDRESS;
-    // On Windows 7 32-bit, the alignment characteristic of the TLS Directory
-    // don't appear to be respected by the PE Loader, leading to crashes. As
-    // a result, let's disable has_thread_local to make sure TLS goes through
-    // the emulation layer.
-    // See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/138903
-    base.has_thread_local = false;
+    let mut base = TargetOptions {
+        vendor: "win7".into(),
+        rustc_abi: Some(RustcAbi::X86Sse2),
+        cpu: "pentium4".into(),
+        max_atomic_width: Some(64),
+        supported_sanitizers: SanitizerSet::ADDRESS,
+        // On Windows 7 32-bit, the alignment characteristic of the TLS Directory
+        // don't appear to be respected by the PE Loader, leading to crashes. As
+        // a result, let's disable has_thread_local to make sure TLS goes through
+        // the emulation layer.
+        // See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/138903
+        has_thread_local: false,
+        ..base::windows_msvc::opts()
+    };
 
     base.add_pre_link_args(
         LinkerFlavor::Msvc(Lld::No),
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/sparcv9_sun_solaris.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/sparcv9_sun_solaris.rs
index 79035c791156d..498d8182ad589 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/sparcv9_sun_solaris.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/sparcv9_sun_solaris.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 use rustc_abi::Endian;
 
-use crate::spec::{Arch, Cc, LinkerFlavor, Target, TargetMetadata, base};
+use crate::spec::{Arch, Cc, LinkerFlavor, Target, TargetMetadata, TargetOptions, base};
 
 pub(crate) fn target() -> Target {
-    let mut base = base::solaris::opts();
-    base.endian = Endian::Big;
+    let mut base = TargetOptions {
+        endian: Endian::Big,
+        // llvm calls this "v9"
+        cpu: "v9".into(),
+        vendor: "sun".into(),
+        max_atomic_width: Some(64),
+        ..base::solaris::opts()
+    };
     base.add_pre_link_args(LinkerFlavor::Unix(Cc::Yes), &["-m64"]);
-    // llvm calls this "v9"
-    base.cpu = "v9".into();
-    base.vendor = "sun".into();
-    base.max_atomic_width = Some(64);
 
     Target {
         llvm_target: "sparcv9-sun-solaris".into(),
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/x86_64_pc_solaris.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/x86_64_pc_solaris.rs
index 7b8d5def3a70b..39ebe62430479 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/x86_64_pc_solaris.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/x86_64_pc_solaris.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 use crate::spec::{
-    Arch, Cc, LinkerFlavor, SanitizerSet, StackProbeType, Target, TargetMetadata, base,
+    Arch, Cc, LinkerFlavor, SanitizerSet, StackProbeType, Target, TargetMetadata, TargetOptions,
+    base,
 };
 
 pub(crate) fn target() -> Target {
-    let mut base = base::solaris::opts();
+    let mut base = TargetOptions {
+        cpu: "x86-64".into(),
+        plt_by_default: false,
+        vendor: "pc".into(),
+        max_atomic_width: Some(64),
+        stack_probes: StackProbeType::Inline,
+        supported_sanitizers: SanitizerSet::ADDRESS | SanitizerSet::CFI | SanitizerSet::THREAD,
+        ..base::solaris::opts()
+    };
     base.add_pre_link_args(LinkerFlavor::Unix(Cc::Yes), &["-m64"]);
-    base.cpu = "x86-64".into();
-    base.plt_by_default = false;
-    base.vendor = "pc".into();
-    base.max_atomic_width = Some(64);
-    base.stack_probes = StackProbeType::Inline;
-    base.supported_sanitizers = SanitizerSet::ADDRESS | SanitizerSet::CFI | SanitizerSet::THREAD;
 
     Target {
         llvm_target: "x86_64-pc-solaris".into(),
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/x86_64_win7_windows_gnu.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/x86_64_win7_windows_gnu.rs
index 22a1a126b8912..0bd4215855264 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/x86_64_win7_windows_gnu.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/x86_64_win7_windows_gnu.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
-use crate::spec::{Arch, Cc, LinkerFlavor, Lld, Target, TargetMetadata, base};
+use crate::spec::{Arch, Cc, LinkerFlavor, Lld, Target, TargetMetadata, TargetOptions, base};
 
 pub(crate) fn target() -> Target {
-    let mut base = base::windows_gnu::opts();
-    base.vendor = "win7".into();
-    base.cpu = "x86-64".into();
-    base.plt_by_default = false;
+    let mut base = TargetOptions {
+        vendor: "win7".into(),
+        cpu: "x86-64".into(),
+        plt_by_default: false,
+        max_atomic_width: Some(64),
+        linker: Some("x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc".into()),
+        ..base::windows_gnu::opts()
+    };
     // Use high-entropy 64 bit address space for ASLR
     base.add_pre_link_args(
         LinkerFlavor::Gnu(Cc::No, Lld::No),
         &["-m", "i386pep", "--high-entropy-va"],
     );
     base.add_pre_link_args(LinkerFlavor::Gnu(Cc::Yes, Lld::No), &["-m64", "-Wl,--high-entropy-va"]);
-    base.max_atomic_width = Some(64);
-    base.linker = Some("x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc".into());
 
     Target {
         llvm_target: "x86_64-pc-windows-gnu".into(),
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/x86_64_win7_windows_msvc.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/x86_64_win7_windows_msvc.rs
index 99b59154811f2..1cc2efaae5f5f 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/x86_64_win7_windows_msvc.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/targets/x86_64_win7_windows_msvc.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-use crate::spec::{Arch, SanitizerSet, Target, TargetMetadata, base};
+use crate::spec::{Arch, SanitizerSet, Target, TargetMetadata, TargetOptions, base};
 
 pub(crate) fn target() -> Target {
-    let mut base = base::windows_msvc::opts();
-    base.vendor = "win7".into();
-    base.cpu = "x86-64".into();
-    base.plt_by_default = false;
-    base.max_atomic_width = Some(64);
-    base.supported_sanitizers = SanitizerSet::ADDRESS;
+    let base = TargetOptions {
+        vendor: "win7".into(),
+        cpu: "x86-64".into(),
+        plt_by_default: false,
+        max_atomic_width: Some(64),
+        supported_sanitizers: SanitizerSet::ADDRESS,
+        ..base::windows_msvc::opts()
+    };
 
     Target {
         llvm_target: "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc".into(),
diff --git a/src/tools/miri/src/machine.rs b/src/tools/miri/src/machine.rs
index 304ae00b01a92..a4f8e9ccaab99 100644
--- a/src/tools/miri/src/machine.rs
+++ b/src/tools/miri/src/machine.rs
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ impl<'tcx> MiriMachine<'tcx> {
             match target.arch {
                 Arch::Wasm32 | Arch::Wasm64 => 64 * 1024, // https://webassembly.github.io/spec/core/exec/runtime.html#memory-instances
                 Arch::AArch64 => {
-                    if target.options.vendor.as_ref() == "apple" {
+                    if target.is_like_darwin {
                         // No "definitive" source, but see:
                         // https://www.wwdcnotes.com/notes/wwdc20/10214/
                         // https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/11308 etc.