diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_8.22.0.bb b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_8.22.0.bb
index 3ccfcf7f2d..96f889165e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_8.22.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_8.22.0.bb
@@ -92,12 +92,14 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = " \
 "
 
 fix_absolute_paths () {
-	# cleanup buildpaths from curl-config
+	# cleanup buildpaths and the build host triple from curl-config
 	sed -i \
 	    -e 's,--sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET},,g' \
 	    -e 's,--with-libtool-sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET},,g' \
 	    -e 's|${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP}||g' \
 	    -e 's|${@" ".join(d.getVar("DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP").split())}||g' \
+	    -e "s,'--build=${BUILD_SYS}' ,,g" \
+	    -e "s,'build_alias=${BUILD_SYS}' ,,g" \
 	    ${D}${bindir}/curl-config
 }
 
