diff --git a/tools/lkl/Build b/tools/lkl/Build
index 6048440d0e1b6c..51ea7b1486770f 100644
--- a/tools/lkl/Build
+++ b/tools/lkl/Build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 CFLAGS_lklfuse.o += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 
-cptofs-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_ARCHIVE) += cptofs.o
+cptofs-y += cptofs.o
 fs2tar-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_ARCHIVE) += fs2tar.o
 lklfuse-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_FUSE) += lklfuse.o
 
diff --git a/tools/lkl/Targets b/tools/lkl/Targets
index bedc64d94ea362..6f3f875ead2b7c 100644
--- a/tools/lkl/Targets
+++ b/tools/lkl/Targets
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ progs-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_ARCHIVE) += fs2tar
 LDLIBS_fs2tar-y := -larchive
 LDLIBS_fs2tar-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_NEEDS_LARGP) += -largp
 
-
-progs-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_ARCHIVE) += cptofs
-LDLIBS_cptofs-y := -larchive
+progs-y += cptofs
 LDLIBS_cptofs-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_NEEDS_LARGP) += -largp
 
 # tools/build/Makefile.build does not support parallel builds when