diff --git a/hack/make/.binary b/hack/make/.binary
index 5f3082b53ca7e..64fbadcd79927 100644
--- a/hack/make/.binary
+++ b/hack/make/.binary
@@ -16,59 +16,22 @@ source "${MAKEDIR}/.go-autogen"
 (
 	export GOGC=${DOCKER_BUILD_GOGC:-1000}
 
-	# for non-sandboxed invocation
-	if ! command -v xx-go > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-		if [ "$(go env GOOS)/$(go env GOARCH)" != "$(go env GOHOSTOS)/$(go env GOHOSTARCH)" ]; then
-			# must be cross-compiling!
-			case "$(go env GOOS)/$(go env GOARCH)" in
-				windows/amd64)
-					export CC="${CC:-x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc}"
-					export CGO_ENABLED=1
-					;;
-				linux/arm)
-					case "${GOARM}" in
-						5)
-							export CC="${CC:-arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc}"
-							export CGO_ENABLED=1
-							export CGO_CFLAGS="-march=armv5t"
-							export CGO_CXXFLAGS="-march=armv5t"
-							;;
-						6)
-							export CC="${CC:-arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc}"
-							export CGO_ENABLED=1
-							export CGO_CFLAGS="-march=armv6"
-							export CGO_CXXFLAGS="-march=armv6"
-							;;
-						7)
-							export CC="${CC:-arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc}"
-							export CGO_ENABLED=1
-							export CGO_CFLAGS="-march=armv7-a"
-							export CGO_CXXFLAGS="-march=armv7-a"
-							;;
-						*)
-							export CC="${CC:-arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc}"
-							export CGO_ENABLED=1
-							;;
-					esac
-					;;
-				linux/arm64)
-					export CC="${CC:-aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc}"
-					export CGO_ENABLED=1
-					;;
-				linux/amd64)
-					export CC="${CC:-x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc}"
-					export CGO_ENABLED=1
-					;;
-				linux/ppc64le)
-					export CC="${CC:-powerpc64le-linux-gnu-gcc}"
-					export CGO_ENABLED=1
-					;;
-				linux/s390x)
-					export CC="${CC:-s390x-linux-gnu-gcc}"
-					export CGO_ENABLED=1
-					;;
-			esac
-		fi
+	if [ "$(go env GOOS)/$(go env GOARCH)" = "linux/arm" ]; then
+		# specify name of the target ARM architecture
+		case "$(go env GOARM)" in
+			5)
+				export CGO_CFLAGS="-march=armv5t"
+				export CGO_CXXFLAGS="-march=armv5t"
+				;;
+			6)
+				export CGO_CFLAGS="-march=armv6"
+				export CGO_CXXFLAGS="-march=armv6"
+				;;
+			7)
+				export CGO_CFLAGS="-march=armv7-a"
+				export CGO_CXXFLAGS="-march=armv7-a"
+				;;
+		esac
 	fi
 
 	# -buildmode=pie is not supported on Windows arm64 and Linux mips*, ppc64be