diff --git a/kotlin-native/konan/konan.properties b/kotlin-native/konan/konan.properties
index ca93d069d46..313f8f7f956 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/konan/konan.properties
+++ b/kotlin-native/konan/konan.properties
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ linkerKonanFlags.linux_mipsel32 = -Bstatic -lstdc++ -Bdynamic -ldl -lm -lpthread
 # targetSysroot-relative.
 libGcc.linux_mipsel32 = lib/gcc/mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu/4.9.4
 targetCpu.linux_mipsel32 = mips32r2
-clangFlags.linux_mipsel32 = -cc1 -emit-obj -disable-llvm-optzns -x ir -target-cpu targetCpu.linux_mipsel32
+clangFlags.linux_mipsel32 = -cc1 -emit-obj -disable-llvm-optzns -x ir -target-cpu $targetCpu.linux_mipsel32
 clangNooptFlags.linux_mipsel32 = -O1
 clangOptFlags.linux_mipsel32 = -O3 -ffunction-sections
 clangDebugFlags.linux_mipsel32 = -O0
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ quadruple.android_x86 = i686-linux-android
 # by Kotlin and taken from SSE registers by C code.
 # TODO: once this information is available in function attributes, we can set target CPU to i686.
 targetCpu.android_x86 = pentium4
-clangFlags.android_x86 = -cc1 -target-cpu targetCpu.android_x86 -emit-obj -disable-llvm-passes -x ir -femulated-tls -mrelocation-model pic
+clangFlags.android_x86 = -cc1 -target-cpu $targetCpu.android_x86 -emit-obj -disable-llvm-passes -x ir -femulated-tls -mrelocation-model pic
 clangOptFlags.android_x86 = -O3 -ffunction-sections
 clangNooptFlags.android_x86 = -O1
 targetSysRoot.android_x86 = target-sysroot-1-android_ndk