diff --git a/tools/makedep.c b/tools/makedep.c
index 8d682e763fb..2a52ecd09c0 100644
--- a/tools/makedep.c
+++ b/tools/makedep.c
@@ -2697,7 +2697,6 @@ static void output_source_rc( struct makefile *make, struct incl_file *source, c
     output( "\n" );
     output( "\t%s%s -u -o $@", cmd_prefix( "WRC" ), tools_path( make, "wrc" ) );
     if (make->is_win16) output_filename( "-m16" );
-    else output_filenames( target_flags );
     output_filename( "--nostdinc" );
     if (po_dir) output_filename( strmake( "--po-dir=%s", po_dir ));
     output_filenames( defines );
diff --git a/tools/wrc/wrc.c b/tools/wrc/wrc.c
index b44ae6fd0e5..e3dc2d3f2b1 100644
--- a/tools/wrc/wrc.c
+++ b/tools/wrc/wrc.c
@@ -50,20 +50,19 @@
 
 static const char usage[] =
 	"Usage: wrc [options...] [infile[.rc|.res]]\n"
-	"   -b, --target=TARGET        Specify target CPU and platform when cross-compiling\n"
 	"   -D, --define id[=val]      Define preprocessor identifier id=val\n"
 	"   --debug=nn                 Set debug level to 'nn'\n"
 	"   -E                         Preprocess only\n"
 	"   --endianness=e             Set output byte-order e={n[ative], l[ittle], b[ig]}\n"
 	"                              (win32 only; default is " ENDIAN "-endian)\n"
-	"   -F TARGET                  Synonym for -b for compatibility with windres\n"
+	"   -F TARGET                  Ignored, for compatibility with windres\n"
 	"   -fo FILE                   Synonym for -o for compatibility with windres\n"
 	"   -h, --help                 Prints this summary\n"
 	"   -i, --input=FILE           The name of the input file\n"
 	"   -I, --include-dir=PATH     Set include search dir to path (multiple -I allowed)\n"
 	"   -J, --input-format=FORMAT  The input format (either `rc' or `rc16')\n"
 	"   -l, --language=LANG        Set default language to LANG (default is neutral {0, 0})\n"
-	"   -m16, -m32, -m64           Build for 16-bit, 32-bit resp. 64-bit platforms\n"
+	"   -m16                       Build a 16-bit resource file\n"
 	"   --nls-dir=DIR              Directory containing the NLS codepage mappings\n"
 	"   --no-use-temp-file         Ignored for compatibility with windres\n"
 	"   --nostdinc                 Disables searching the standard include path\n"
@@ -147,8 +146,6 @@ int utf8_input = 0;
 
 int check_utf8 = 1;  /* whether to check for valid utf8 */
 
-static int pointer_size = sizeof(void *);
-
 static int verify_translations_mode;
 
 static char *output_name;	/* The name given by the -o option */
@@ -317,22 +314,6 @@ static int load_file( const char *input_name, const char *output_name )
     return ret;
 }
 
-static void set_target( const char *target )
-{
-    char *p, *cpu = xstrdup( target );
-
-    /* target specification is in the form CPU-MANUFACTURER-OS or CPU-MANUFACTURER-KERNEL-OS */
-    if (!(p = strchr( cpu, '-' ))) error( "Invalid target specification '%s'\n", target );
-    *p = 0;
-    if (!strcmp( cpu, "amd64" ) || !strcmp( cpu, "x86_64" ) ||
-        !strcmp( cpu, "ia64" )  || !strcmp( cpu, "aarch64" ) ||
-        !strcmp( cpu, "powerpc64" ) || !strcmp( cpu, "powerpc64le" ))
-        pointer_size = 8;
-    else
-        pointer_size = 4;
-    free( cpu );
-}
-
 static void init_argv0_dir( const char *argv0 )
 {
 #ifndef _WIN32
@@ -424,7 +405,6 @@ static void option_callback( int optc, char *optarg )
         break;
     case 'b':
     case 'F':
-        set_target( optarg );
         break;
     case 'h':
         printf(usage);
@@ -450,8 +430,7 @@ static void option_callback( int optc, char *optarg )
     break;
     case 'm':
         if (!strcmp( optarg, "16" )) win32 = 0;
-        else if (!strcmp( optarg, "32" )) { win32 = 1; pointer_size = 4; }
-        else if (!strcmp( optarg, "64" )) { win32 = 1; pointer_size = 8; }
+        else win32 = 1;
         break;
     case 'f':
         if (*optarg != 'o') error("Unknown option: -f%s\n",  optarg);
@@ -506,11 +485,7 @@ int main(int argc,char *argv[])
         strarray_addall( &input_files,
                          parse_options( argc, argv, short_options, long_options, 0, option_callback ));
 
-	if (win32)
-	{
-		wpp_add_cmdline_define("_WIN32=1");
-		if (pointer_size == 8) wpp_add_cmdline_define("_WIN64=1");
-	}
+	if (win32) wpp_add_cmdline_define("_WIN32=1");
 
 	/* If we do need to search standard includes, add them to the path */
 	if (stdinc)
diff --git a/tools/wrc/wrc.man.in b/tools/wrc/wrc.man.in
index e3ad8fca4d9..275a6b609f4 100644
--- a/tools/wrc/wrc.man.in
+++ b/tools/wrc/wrc.man.in
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ specified with \fB-o\fR, then \fBwrc\fR will write the output to
 no inputfile was given.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
-.BI \-b,\ --target= cpu-manufacturer\fR[\fI\fB-\fIkernel\fR]\fB-\fIos
-Specify the target CPU and platform on which the generated code will
-be built. The target specification is in the standard autoconf format
-as returned by \fBconfig.sub\fR.
-.TP
 .I \fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-define\fR=\fIid\fR[\fB=\fIval\fR]
 Define preprocessor identifier \fIid\fR to (optionally) value \fIval\fR.
 See also