diff --git a/sys/src/ape/lib/ap/amd64/mkfile b/sys/src/ape/lib/ap/amd64/mkfile
index 569d68895..6b2b6bb8d 100644
--- a/sys/src/ape/lib/ap/amd64/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/ape/lib/ap/amd64/mkfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 APE=/sys/src/ape
-objtype=amd64
 <$APE/config
 LIB=/$objtype/lib/ape/libap.a
 OFILES=\