diff --git a/lib/std/os/plan9.zig b/lib/std/os/plan9.zig
index 99e25709b1..6d052a3573 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/plan9.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/plan9.zig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const builtin = @import("builtin");
 
-pub const syscall_bits = switch (builtin.stage2_arch) {
+pub const syscall_bits = switch (builtin.cpu.arch) {
     .x86_64 => @import("plan9/x86_64.zig"),
     else => @compileError("more plan9 syscall implementations (needs more inline asm in stage2"),
 };
diff --git a/lib/std/start.zig b/lib/std/start.zig
index 8ea261be2d..e6a7b7991a 100644
--- a/lib/std/start.zig
+++ b/lib/std/start.zig
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ fn wWinMainCRTStartup2() callconv(.C) noreturn {
 
 fn exit2(code: usize) noreturn {
     switch (native_os) {
-        .linux => switch (builtin.stage2_arch) {
+        .linux => switch (builtin.cpu.arch) {
             .x86_64 => {
                 asm volatile ("syscall"
                     :
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ fn exit2(code: usize) noreturn {
             else => @compileError("TODO"),
         },
         // exits(0)
-        .plan9 => switch (builtin.stage2_arch) {
+        .plan9 => switch (builtin.cpu.arch) {
             .x86_64 => {
                 asm volatile (
                     \\push $0
diff --git a/src/Compilation.zig b/src/Compilation.zig
index 17ffe356a3..d3816e542c 100644
--- a/src/Compilation.zig
+++ b/src/Compilation.zig
@@ -4763,8 +4763,6 @@ pub fn generateBuiltinZigSource(comp: *Compilation, allocator: Allocator) Alloca
         \\/// feature detection (i.e. with `@hasDecl` or `@hasField`) over version checks.
         \\pub const zig_version = std.SemanticVersion.parse("{s}") catch unreachable;
         \\pub const zig_backend = std.builtin.CompilerBackend.{};
-        \\/// Temporary until self-hosted supports the `cpu.arch` value.
-        \\pub const stage2_arch: std.Target.Cpu.Arch = .{};
         \\
         \\pub const output_mode = std.builtin.OutputMode.{};
         \\pub const link_mode = std.builtin.LinkMode.{};
@@ -4779,7 +4777,6 @@ pub fn generateBuiltinZigSource(comp: *Compilation, allocator: Allocator) Alloca
     , .{
         build_options.version,
         std.zig.fmtId(@tagName(zig_backend)),
-        std.zig.fmtId(@tagName(target.cpu.arch)),
         std.zig.fmtId(@tagName(comp.bin_file.options.output_mode)),
         std.zig.fmtId(@tagName(comp.bin_file.options.link_mode)),
         comp.bin_file.options.is_test,
diff --git a/src/stage1/codegen.cpp b/src/stage1/codegen.cpp
index 8b88446295..7010e736dc 100644
--- a/src/stage1/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/stage1/codegen.cpp
@@ -10076,7 +10076,6 @@ Buf *codegen_generate_builtin_source(CodeGen *g) {
     buf_appendf(contents, "pub const single_threaded = %s;\n", bool_to_str(g->is_single_threaded));
     buf_appendf(contents, "pub const abi = std.Target.Abi.%s;\n", cur_abi);
     buf_appendf(contents, "pub const cpu = std.Target.Cpu.baseline(.%s);\n", cur_arch);
-    buf_appendf(contents, "pub const stage2_arch: std.Target.Cpu.Arch = .%s;\n", cur_arch);
     buf_appendf(contents, "pub const os = std.Target.Os.Tag.defaultVersionRange(.%s, .%s);\n", cur_os, cur_arch);
     buf_appendf(contents,
         "pub const target = std.Target{\n"
diff --git a/test/behavior.zig b/test/behavior.zig
index 813c410f7b..fee61f5e09 100644
--- a/test/behavior.zig
+++ b/test/behavior.zig
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ test {
     _ = @import("behavior/while.zig");
     _ = @import("behavior/widening.zig");
 
-    if (builtin.stage2_arch == .wasm32) {
+    if (builtin.cpu.arch == .wasm32) {
         _ = @import("behavior/wasm.zig");
     }
 
diff --git a/test/behavior/struct.zig b/test/behavior/struct.zig
index 377cbb56f4..eb29c9038d 100644
--- a/test/behavior/struct.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/struct.zig
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ test "tuple assigned to variable" {
 
 test "comptime struct field" {
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_arm) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
-    if (builtin.stage2_arch == .arm) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
+    if (builtin.cpu.arch == .arm) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
 
     const T = struct {
         a: i32,