diff --git a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/main.kt b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/main.kt
index 4a774be973d..88de404607f 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/main.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/main.kt
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.file.File
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.library.KonanLibrary
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.library.resolverByName
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.Distribution
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.PlatformManager
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.util.DependencyDirectories
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.util.KonanHomeProvider
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.library.*
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ fun printUsage() {
 
             and the options are:
                -repository <path>    Work with the specified repository
-               -target <name>        Inspect specifics of the given target
                -print-signatures {true|false}
                                      Print IR signature for every declaration (only for "contents" and "dump-ir" commands)
             """.trimIndent()
@@ -145,7 +143,7 @@ open class ModuleDeserializer(val library: ByteArray) {
 
 }
 
-class Library(val libraryNameOrPath: String, val requestedRepository: String?, val target: String) {
+class Library(val libraryNameOrPath: String, val requestedRepository: String?) {
 
     val repository = requestedRepository?.File() ?: defaultRepository
     fun info() {
@@ -313,14 +311,10 @@ fun libraryInRepoOrCurrentDir(repository: File, name: String) =
 fun main(args: Array<String>) {
     val command = Command(args)
 
-    val targetManager = PlatformManager(KonanHomeProvider.determineKonanHome())
-            .targetManager(command.options["-target"]?.last())
-    val target = targetManager.targetName
-
     val repository = command.options["-repository"]?.last()
     val printSignatures = command.options["-print-signatures"]?.last()?.toBoolean() == true
 
-    val library = Library(command.library, repository, target)
+    val library = Library(command.library, repository)
 
     when (command.verb) {
         "dump-ir" -> library.ir(System.out, printSignatures)
diff --git a/kotlin-native/klib/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/test/ContentsTest.kt b/kotlin-native/klib/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/test/ContentsTest.kt
index 668959b24e0..a66f7d1ab4c 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/klib/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/test/ContentsTest.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/klib/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/test/ContentsTest.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class ContentsTest {
 
     private fun klibContents(library: String, printOutput: Boolean = false, expected: () -> String) {
         val output = StringBuilder()
-        val lib = Library(library, null, "host")
+        val lib = Library(library, null)
         lib.contents(output, false)
         if (printOutput) {
             println(output.trim().toString())
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class ContentsTest {
     fun `Stdlib content should be printed without exceptions`() {
         val output = StringBuilder()
         val distributionPath = System.getProperty("konan.home")
-        Library(Distribution(distributionPath).stdlib, null, "host").contents(output, false)
+        Library(Distribution(distributionPath).stdlib, null).contents(output, false)
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/native/native.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/test/blackbox/support/util/TestCompilationArtifacts.kt b/native/native.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/test/blackbox/support/util/TestCompilationArtifacts.kt
index 0ddc9ccafd3..01a8e08ddd2 100644
--- a/native/native.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/test/blackbox/support/util/TestCompilationArtifacts.kt
+++ b/native/native.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/test/blackbox/support/util/TestCompilationArtifacts.kt
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import java.io.File
 private fun invokeKlibTool(kotlinNativeClassLoader: ClassLoader, klibFile: File, functionName: String, vararg args: Any): String {
     val libraryClass = Class.forName("org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.klib.Library", true, kotlinNativeClassLoader)
     val entryPoint = libraryClass.declaredMethods.single { it.name == functionName }
-    val lib = libraryClass.getDeclaredConstructor(String::class.java, String::class.java, String::class.java)
-        .newInstance(klibFile.canonicalPath, null, "host")
+    val lib = libraryClass.getDeclaredConstructor(String::class.java, String::class.java)
+        .newInstance(klibFile.canonicalPath, null)
 
     val output = StringBuilder()
     entryPoint.invoke(lib, output, *args)