diff --git a/self_hosted/target.jou b/self_hosted/target.jou
index 491fe16a..cdb02a57 100644
--- a/self_hosted/target.jou
+++ b/self_hosted/target.jou
@@ -22,50 +22,27 @@ class Target:
 global target: Target
 
 
-# This function is a bit of a hack.
-#
-# Ideally, we would initialize all available targets, or perhaps only the
-# native target, but information about supported targets is only in the C
-# header files. If we initialize the wrong target, the code will compile, but
-# it prints a warning message like this at runtime, every time you invoke the
-# Jou compiler:
-#
-#   'x86-64' is not a recognized processor for this target (ignoring processor)
-#
-def running_on_arm64_mac() -> bool:
-    return MACOS and system("test `uname -m` = arm64") == 0
-
-
 def init_target() -> None:
-    if running_on_arm64_mac():
+    LLVMInitializeX86TargetInfo()
+    LLVMInitializeX86Target()
+    LLVMInitializeX86TargetMC()
+    LLVMInitializeX86AsmParser()
+    LLVMInitializeX86AsmPrinter()
+
+    if MACOS:
+        # Support the new M1 macs. This will enable the target also on x86_64
+        # macs, but it doesn't matter.
         LLVMInitializeAArch64TargetInfo()
         LLVMInitializeAArch64Target()
         LLVMInitializeAArch64TargetMC()
         LLVMInitializeAArch64AsmParser()
         LLVMInitializeAArch64AsmPrinter()
-    else:
-        LLVMInitializeX86TargetInfo()
-        LLVMInitializeX86Target()
-        LLVMInitializeX86TargetMC()
-        LLVMInitializeX86AsmParser()
-        LLVMInitializeX86AsmPrinter()
 
     if WINDOWS:
         # LLVM's default is x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
         target.triple = "x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
     else:
-        system("uname -m")
-        fflush(stdout)
-        fflush(stderr)
-        printf("system(...) returns %d\n", system("test `uname -m` = arm64"))
-        fflush(stdout)
-        fflush(stderr)
         triple = LLVMGetDefaultTargetTriple()
-        fflush(stdout)
-        fflush(stderr)
-        printf("triple=\"%s\"\n", triple)
-        fflush(stdout)
-        fflush(stderr)
         assert strlen(triple) < sizeof target.triple
         strcpy(target.triple, triple)
         LLVMDisposeMessage(triple)
@@ -78,15 +55,10 @@ def init_target() -> None:
     assert error == NULL
     assert target.target != NULL
 
-    if running_on_arm64_mac():
-        arch = "arm64"
-    else:
-        arch = "x86-64"
-
     target.target_machine = LLVMCreateTargetMachine(
         target.target,
         target.triple,
-        arch,
+        "",
         "",
         LLVMCodeGenOptLevel::Default,
         LLVMRelocMode::PIC,