diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3ad057785f..cb2a237162 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -390,9 +390,9 @@ $(SRCBINDIR)/podman$(BINSFX): $(SOURCES) go.mod go.sum | $(SRCBINDIR)
 		-o $@ ./cmd/podman
 
 $(SRCBINDIR)/podman-remote-static-linux_%: GOARCH = $(patsubst $(SRCBINDIR)/podman-remote-static-linux_%,%,$@)
+$(SRCBINDIR)/podman-remote-static-linux_%: GOOS = linux
 $(SRCBINDIR)/podman-remote-static $(SRCBINDIR)/podman-remote-static-linux_amd64 $(SRCBINDIR)/podman-remote-static-linux_arm64: $(SRCBINDIR) $(SOURCES) go.mod go.sum
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 \
-	GOOS=linux \
 	$(GO) build \
 		$(BUILDFLAGS) \
 		$(GO_LDFLAGS) '$(LDFLAGS_PODMAN_STATIC)' \