diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d91352d8ef..4d71304b5a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -170,17 +170,6 @@ include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/Makefile.include
 
 all: $(DOCS) $(if $(BUILD_DOCS),sphinxdocs) recurse-all modules
 
-config-host.h: config-host.h-timestamp
-config-host.h-timestamp: config-host.mak
-
-TARGET_DIRS_RULES := $(foreach t, all fuzz clean install, $(addsuffix /$(t), $(TARGET_DIRS)))
-
-.PHONY: $(TARGET_DIRS_RULES)
-# The $(TARGET_DIRS_RULES) are of the form SUBDIR/GOAL, so that
-# $(dir $@) yields the sub-directory, and $(notdir $@) yields the sub-goal
-$(TARGET_DIRS_RULES): $(TARGET_DEPS)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKE) $(SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS) -C $(dir $@) V="$(V)" TARGET_DIR="$(dir $@)" $(notdir $@),)
-
 # LIBFDT_lib="": avoid breaking existing trees with objects requiring -fPIC
 DTC_MAKE_ARGS=-I$(SRC_PATH)/dtc VPATH=$(SRC_PATH)/dtc -C dtc V="$(V)" LIBFDT_lib=""
 DTC_CFLAGS=$(CFLAGS) $(QEMU_CFLAGS)
@@ -217,8 +206,6 @@ slirp/all: .git-submodule-status
 		CC="$(CC)" AR="$(AR)" 	LD="$(LD)" RANLIB="$(RANLIB)"	\
 		CFLAGS="$(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(QEMU_LDFLAGS)")
 
-$(filter %/all, $(TARGET_DIRS_RULES)):
-
 ROM_DIRS = $(addprefix pc-bios/, $(ROMS))
 ROM_DIRS_RULES=$(foreach t, all clean, $(addsuffix /$(t), $(ROM_DIRS)))
 # Only keep -O and -g cflags
@@ -226,11 +213,9 @@ ROM_DIRS_RULES=$(foreach t, all clean, $(addsuffix /$(t), $(ROM_DIRS)))
 $(ROM_DIRS_RULES):
 	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKE) $(SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS) -C $(dir $@) V="$(V)" TARGET_DIR="$(dir $@)" CFLAGS="$(filter -O% -g%,$(CFLAGS))" $(notdir $@),)
 
-.PHONY: recurse-all recurse-clean recurse-install
-recurse-all: $(addsuffix /all, $(TARGET_DIRS) $(ROM_DIRS))
-recurse-clean: $(addsuffix /clean, $(TARGET_DIRS) $(ROM_DIRS))
-recurse-install: $(addsuffix /install, $(TARGET_DIRS))
-$(addsuffix /install, $(TARGET_DIRS)): all
+.PHONY: recurse-all recurse-clean
+recurse-all: $(ROM_DIRS)
+recurse-clean: $(addsuffix /clean, $(ROM_DIRS))
 
 ######################################################################
 
@@ -285,9 +270,6 @@ distclean: clean ninja-distclean
 	$(call clean-manual,system)
 	$(call clean-manual,tools)
 	$(call clean-manual,user)
-	for d in $(TARGET_DIRS); do \
-	rm -rf $$d || exit 1 ; \
-        done
 	rm -Rf .sdk
 
 KEYMAPS=da     en-gb  et  fr     fr-ch  is  lt  no  pt-br  sv \
@@ -391,8 +373,7 @@ ICON_SIZES=16x16 24x24 32x32 48x48 64x64 128x128 256x256 512x512
 # Needed by "meson install"
 export DESTDIR
 install: all $(if $(BUILD_DOCS),install-doc) \
-	install-datadir install-localstatedir \
-	recurse-install
+	install-datadir install-localstatedir
 ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_SYSTEMTAP
 	$(INSTALL_PROG) "scripts/qemu-trace-stap" $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
 endif
@@ -422,9 +403,6 @@ endif
 	set -e; for x in $(KEYMAPS); do \
 		$(INSTALL_DATA) $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios/keymaps/$$x "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_datadir)/keymaps"; \
 	done
-	for d in $(TARGET_DIRS); do \
-	$(MAKE) $(SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS) TARGET_DIR=$$d/ -C $$d $@ || exit 1 ; \
-        done
 
 # documentation
 MAKEINFO=makeinfo
@@ -539,20 +517,6 @@ docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.dvi docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.html \
 
 $(filter %.1 %.7 %.8,$(DOCS)): scripts/texi2pod.pl
 
-# Reports/Analysis
-
-%/coverage-report.html:
-	@mkdir -p $*
-	$(call quiet-command,\
-		gcovr -r $(SRC_PATH) \
-		$(foreach t, $(TARGET_DIRS), --object-directory $(BUILD_DIR)/$(t)) \
-		 --object-directory $(BUILD_DIR) \
-		-p --html --html-details -o $@, \
-		"GEN", "coverage-report.html")
-
-.PHONY: coverage-report
-coverage-report: $(CURDIR)/reports/coverage/coverage-report.html
-
 ifdef CONFIG_WIN32
 
 INSTALLER = qemu-setup-$(VERSION)$(EXESUF)
@@ -640,15 +604,6 @@ endif
 	$(call print-help,cscope,Generate cscope index)
 	$(call print-help,sparse,Run sparse on the QEMU source)
 	@echo  ''
-	@$(if $(TARGET_DIRS), \
-		echo 'Architecture specific targets:'; \
-		$(foreach t, $(TARGET_DIRS), \
-		$(call print-help-run,$(t)/all,Build for $(t)); \
-		$(if $(CONFIG_FUZZ), \
-			$(if $(findstring softmmu,$(t)), \
-				$(call print-help-run,$(t)/fuzz,Build fuzzer for $(t)); \
-		))) \
-		echo '')
 	@echo  'Cleaning targets:'
 	$(call print-help,clean,Remove most generated files but keep the config)
 	$(call print-help,distclean,Remove all generated files)
diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
deleted file mode 100644
index a07149c0a6..0000000000
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# -*- Mode: makefile -*-
-
-BUILD_DIR?=$(CURDIR)/..
-
-include ../config-host.mak
-include config-target.mak
-include $(SRC_PATH)/rules.mak
-
-all:
-install: all
-	
-.PHONY: all clean install
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c421d2b91a..161fbd2128 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ audio_drv_list=""
 block_drv_rw_whitelist=""
 block_drv_ro_whitelist=""
 host_cc="cc"
-libs_softmmu=""
 libs_tools=""
 audio_win_int=""
 libs_qga=""
@@ -864,7 +863,6 @@ Darwin)
   audio_drv_list="coreaudio try-sdl"
   audio_possible_drivers="coreaudio sdl"
   QEMU_LDFLAGS="-framework CoreFoundation -framework IOKit $QEMU_LDFLAGS"
-  libs_softmmu="-F/System/Library/Frameworks -framework Cocoa -framework IOKit $libs_softmmu"
   # Disable attempts to use ObjectiveC features in os/object.h since they
   # won't work when we're compiling with gcc as a C compiler.
   QEMU_CFLAGS="-DOS_OBJECT_USE_OBJC=0 $QEMU_CFLAGS"
@@ -2555,7 +2553,6 @@ if test "$lzo" != "no" ; then
 int main(void) { lzo_version(); return 0; }
 EOF
     if compile_prog "" "-llzo2" ; then
-        libs_softmmu="$libs_softmmu -llzo2"
         lzo_libs="-llzo2"
         lzo="yes"
     else
@@ -2575,7 +2572,6 @@ if test "$snappy" != "no" ; then
 int main(void) { snappy_max_compressed_length(4096); return 0; }
 EOF
     if compile_prog "" "-lsnappy" ; then
-        libs_softmmu="$libs_softmmu -lsnappy"
         snappy_libs='-lsnappy'
         snappy="yes"
     else
@@ -2675,7 +2671,6 @@ if test "$xen" != "no" ; then
       xen_pc="$xen_pc xentoolcore"
     fi
     QEMU_CFLAGS="$QEMU_CFLAGS $($pkg_config --cflags $xen_pc)"
-    libs_softmmu="$($pkg_config --libs $xen_pc) $libs_softmmu"
     xen_cflags="$($pkg_config --cflags $xen_pc)"
     xen_libs="$($pkg_config --libs $xen_pc)"
   else
@@ -3420,7 +3415,6 @@ EOF
   rdma_libs="-lrdmacm -libverbs -libumad"
   if compile_prog "" "$rdma_libs" ; then
     rdma="yes"
-    libs_softmmu="$libs_softmmu $rdma_libs"
   else
     if test "$rdma" = "yes" ; then
         error_exit \
@@ -4451,8 +4445,6 @@ EOF
   fi
 fi
 
-libs_softmmu="$libs_softmmu $fdt_libs"
-
 ##########################################
 # opengl probe (for sdl2, gtk, milkymist-tmu2)
 
@@ -4676,7 +4668,6 @@ EOF
 
   if compile_prog "" "-lnuma" ; then
     numa=yes
-    libs_softmmu="-lnuma $libs_softmmu"
     numa_libs="-lnuma"
   else
     if test "$numa" = "yes" ; then
@@ -5218,7 +5209,6 @@ if compile_prog "" "" ; then
   have_openpty="yes"
 else
   if compile_prog "" "-lutil" ; then
-    libs_softmmu="-lutil $libs_softmmu"
     libs_tools="-lutil $libs_tools"
     have_openpty="yes"
   fi
@@ -5237,7 +5227,6 @@ EOF
      $pkg_config --atleast-version=0.12.3 spice-protocol && \
      compile_prog "$spice_cflags" "$spice_libs" ; then
     spice="yes"
-    libs_softmmu="$libs_softmmu $spice_libs"
     QEMU_CFLAGS="$QEMU_CFLAGS $spice_cflags"
   else
     if test "$spice" = "yes" ; then
@@ -6390,7 +6379,6 @@ if test "$libpmem" != "no"; then
 		libpmem="yes"
 		libpmem_libs=$($pkg_config --libs libpmem)
 		libpmem_cflags=$($pkg_config --cflags libpmem)
-		libs_softmmu="$libs_softmmu $libpmem_libs"
 		QEMU_CFLAGS="$QEMU_CFLAGS $libpmem_cflags"
 	else
 		if test "$libpmem" = "yes" ; then
@@ -6408,7 +6396,6 @@ if test "$libdaxctl" != "no"; then
 		libdaxctl="yes"
 		libdaxctl_libs=$($pkg_config --libs libdaxctl)
 		libdaxctl_cflags=$($pkg_config --cflags libdaxctl)
-		libs_softmmu="$libs_softmmu $libdaxctl_libs"
 		QEMU_CFLAGS="$QEMU_CFLAGS $libdaxctl_cflags"
 	else
 		if test "$libdaxctl" = "yes" ; then
@@ -6837,7 +6824,6 @@ echo_version() {
 # prepend pixman and ftd flags after all config tests are done
 QEMU_CFLAGS="$pixman_cflags $fdt_cflags $QEMU_CFLAGS"
 QEMU_LDFLAGS="$fdt_ldflags $QEMU_LDFLAGS"
-libs_softmmu="$pixman_libs $libs_softmmu"
 
 config_host_mak="config-host.mak"
 
@@ -6866,7 +6852,6 @@ echo "qemu_helperdir=$libexecdir" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "qemu_localedir=$qemu_localedir" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "qemu_icondir=$qemu_icondir" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "qemu_desktopdir=$qemu_desktopdir" >> $config_host_mak
-echo "libs_softmmu=$libs_softmmu" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "GIT=$git" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "GIT_SUBMODULES=$git_submodules" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "GIT_UPDATE=$git_update" >> $config_host_mak
@@ -8117,8 +8102,6 @@ if [ "$TARGET_SYSTBL_ABI" != "" ] && [ "$TARGET_SYSTBL" = "" ]; then
   TARGET_SYSTBL=syscall.tbl
 fi
 
-symlink "$source_path/Makefile.target" "$target_dir/Makefile"
-
 upper() {
     echo "$@"| LC_ALL=C tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'
 }
