diff --git a/gnu/packages/bdw-gc.scm b/gnu/packages/bdw-gc.scm
index ecac5b93687e..cd834ff11031 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bdw-gc.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bdw-gc.scm
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
        ;; to configure script. See bug report and discussion:
        ;; <https://lists.opendylan.org/pipermail/bdwgc/2017-April/006275.html>
        ;; <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2017-01/msg00008.html>
-       ,@(if (hurd-triplet? (or (%current-system)
-                                (%current-target-system)))
+       ,@(if (hurd-triplet? (or (%current-target-system)
+                                (%current-system)))
              '("--disable-gcj-support")
              '()))))
    (native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/crypto.scm b/gnu/packages/crypto.scm
index fe2cec045d6c..dff9584e07b3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crypto.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crypto.scm
@@ -867,8 +867,8 @@ data on your platform, so the seed itself will be as random as possible.
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags
        (list
-        ,@(if (any (cute string-prefix? <> (or (%current-system)
-                                               (%current-target-system)))
+        ,@(if (any (cute string-prefix? <> (or (%current-target-system)
+                                               (%current-system)))
                    '("x86_64" "i686"))
               ;; fat only checks for Intel optimisations
               '("--enable-fat")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/golang.scm b/gnu/packages/golang.scm
index a830afa022a6..58688687bba3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/golang.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/golang.scm
@@ -1046,8 +1046,8 @@ your Go binary to be later served from an http.FileSystem.")
                   (guix build utils)
                   (srfi srfi-1))
        #:tests? #f ; Tests are run by the all.bash script.
-       ,@(if (string-prefix? "aarch64-linux" (or (%current-system)
-                                                 (%current-target-system)))
+       ,@(if (string-prefix? "aarch64-linux" (or (%current-target-system)
+                                                 (%current-system)))
              '(#:system "armhf-linux")
              '())
        #:phases
@@ -1199,8 +1199,8 @@ in the style of communicating sequential processes (@dfn{CSP}).")
     (arguments
      (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments go-1.4)
        ((#:system system)
-        (if (string-prefix? "aarch64-linux" (or (%current-system)
-                                                (%current-target-system)))
+        (if (string-prefix? "aarch64-linux" (or (%current-target-system)
+                                                (%current-system)))
           "aarch64-linux"
           system))
        ((#:phases phases)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/java.scm b/gnu/packages/java.scm
index 64df5a2e24a2..e69d62be0802 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/java.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/java.scm
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ language.")
              "--enable-runtime-reloc-checks"
              "--enable-ffi")
        #:phases
-       ,(if (string-prefix? "aarch64" (or (%current-system)
-                                          (%current-target-system)))
+       ,(if (string-prefix? "aarch64" (or (%current-target-system)
+                                          (%current-system)))
             ;; Makefiles and the configure script need to be regenerated to
             ;; incorporate support for AArch64.
             '(modify-phases %standard-phases
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ language.")
        ("zip" ,zip)
        ("zlib" ,zlib)))
     (native-inputs
-     (if (string-prefix? "aarch64" (or (%current-system)
-                                       (%current-target-system)))
+     (if (string-prefix? "aarch64" (or (%current-target-system)
+                                       (%current-system)))
          ;; Additional packages needed for autoreconf.
          `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
            ("automake" ,automake)
@@ -401,8 +401,8 @@ JNI.")
              ;; Without these JamVM options the build may freeze.
              (substitute* "bootstrap.sh"
                (("^\"\\$\\{JAVACMD\\}\" " m)
-                ,@(if (string-prefix? "armhf" (or (%current-system)
-                                                  (%current-target-system)))
+                ,@(if (string-prefix? "armhf" (or (%current-target-system)
+                                                  (%current-system)))
                       `((string-append m "-Xnocompact "))
                       `((string-append m "-Xnocompact -Xnoinlining ")))))
 
@@ -674,8 +674,8 @@ the standard javac executable.")))
            (for-each (lambda (tool)
                        (with-output-to-file (string-append bin tool)
                          (lambda _
-                           ,@(if (string-prefix? "armhf" (or (%current-system)
-                                                             (%current-target-system)))
+                           ,@(if (string-prefix? "armhf" (or (%current-target-system)
+                                                             (%current-system)))
                                  `((format #t "#!~a/bin/sh
 ~a/bin/jamvm -Xnocompact -classpath ~a/share/classpath/tools.zip \
 gnu.classpath.tools.~a.~a $@"
diff --git a/gnu/packages/lisp.scm b/gnu/packages/lisp.scm
index d8d7a7394c44..ee43226ff091 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lisp.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lisp.scm
@@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ supporting ASDF, Sockets, Gray streams, MOP, and other useful components.")
               ("libsigsegv" ,libsigsegv)))
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags '(,@(if (string-prefix? "armhf-linux"
-                                                 (or (%current-system)
-                                                     (%current-target-system)))
+                                                 (or (%current-target-system)
+                                                     (%current-system)))
                                  '("CFLAGS=-falign-functions=4")
                                  '())
                             "--with-dynamic-ffi"
diff --git a/gnu/packages/photo.scm b/gnu/packages/photo.scm
index 673989e06b09..1b646497c91e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/photo.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/photo.scm
@@ -440,8 +440,8 @@ scene to produce an image that looks much like a tone-mapped image.")
                 "0cfk8jjhs9nbfjfdy98plrj9ayi59aph0nx6ppslgjhlcvacm2xf"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (arguments
-     `(,@(if (any (cute string-prefix? <> (or (%current-system)
-                                              (%current-target-system)))
+     `(,@(if (any (cute string-prefix? <> (or (%current-target-system)
+                                              (%current-system)))
                   '("x86_64" "i686"))
         ;; SSE and SSE2 are supported only on Intel processors.
         '()
diff --git a/gnu/packages/php.scm b/gnu/packages/php.scm
index 4edff2cfd886..597494e8a94f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/php.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/php.scm
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@
              (substitute* "ext/standard/tests/streams/bug60602.phpt"
                (("'ls'") (string-append "'" (which "ls") "'")))
 
-             ,@(if (string-prefix? "arm" (or (%current-system)
-                                             (%current-target-system)))
+             ,@(if (string-prefix? "arm" (or (%current-target-system)
+                                             (%current-system)))
                    ;; Drop tests known to fail on armhf.
                    '((for-each delete-file
                               (list
diff --git a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
index 128bd95af881..bddc0bdbe990 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ system, such as sound redirection over the network.")
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (outputs '("out" "debug"))
     (arguments
-     `(,@(if (any (cute string-prefix? <> (or (%current-system)
-                                              (%current-target-system)))
+     `(,@(if (any (cute string-prefix? <> (or (%current-target-system)
+                                              (%current-system)))
                   '("x86_64" "i686"))
         ;; mmx is supported only on Intel processors.
         '()
diff --git a/gnu/packages/telephony.scm b/gnu/packages/telephony.scm
index f75a168948bb..4957ecca13a0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/telephony.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/telephony.scm
@@ -755,8 +755,8 @@ your calls and messages.")
              "--with-external-srtp"
              "--with-external-pa"
              ;; The following flag is Linux specific.
-             ,@(if (string-contains (or (%current-system)
-                                        (%current-target-system)) "linux")
+             ,@(if (string-contains (or (%current-target-system)
+                                        (%current-system)) "linux")
                    '("--enable-epoll")
                    '())
              "--with-gnutls"            ;disable OpenSSL checks
