diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/add-clang-cc-cflags-before.sh b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/add-clang-cc-cflags-before.sh
index 029e5e6ae29c..6a8c86258284 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/add-clang-cc-cflags-before.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/add-clang-cc-cflags-before.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ done
 
 if $targetPassed && [[ "$targetValue" != "@defaultTarget@" ]]; then
     echo "Warning: supplying the --target $targetValue != @defaultTarget@ argument to a nix-wrapped compiler may not work correctly - cc-wrapper is currently not designed with multi-target compilers in mind. You may want to use an un-wrapped compiler instead." >&2
-fi
-
-if ! $targetPassed && [[ $0 != *cpp ]]; then
+elif [[ $0 != *cpp ]]; then
     extraBefore+=(-target @defaultTarget@ @machineFlags@)
 fi