diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 34538d1e5ab..b21616dc244 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -410,20 +410,6 @@ endif()
 message(STATUS "executorch: Using sources file ${EXECUTORCH_SRCS_FILE}")
 include(${EXECUTORCH_SRCS_FILE})
 
-#
-# Modify default options when cross-compiling.
-#
-# The intent is for the EXECUTORCH_BUILD_HOST_TARGETS option to affect the
-# default ON/OFF values of host targets around the tree. This way, a user can
-# disable EXECUTORCH_BUILD_HOST_TARGETS to disable all host targets, and then
-# optionally re-enable some of those targets. Or they could leave
-# EXECUTORCH_BUILD_HOST_TARGETS enabled and then optionally disable any given
-# host target.
-#
-# We can then use various cross-compilation hints to set the default value of
-# EXECUTORCH_BUILD_HOST_TARGETS, which can still be overridden if desired.
-#
-
 # Detect if an iOS toolchain is set.
 if(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE MATCHES ".*(iOS|ios\.toolchain)\.cmake$")
   set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_IOS ON)
@@ -458,16 +444,6 @@ if(EXECUTORCH_USE_CPP_CODE_COVERAGE)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-# EXECUTORCH_BUILD_HOST_TARGETS: Option to control the building of host-only
-# tools like `flatc`, along with example executables like `executor_runner` and
-# libraries that it uses, like `gflags`. Disabling this can be helpful when
-# cross-compiling, but some required tools that would have been built need to be
-# provided directly.
-cmake_dependent_option(
-  EXECUTORCH_BUILD_HOST_TARGETS "Build host-only targets." ON
-  "NOT CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_IOS" OFF
-)
-
 #
 # flatc: Flatbuffer commandline tool to generate .h files from .fbs files
 #
@@ -665,10 +641,7 @@ add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/configurations)
 #
 # gflags: Commandline flag host library.
 #
-cmake_dependent_option(
-  EXECUTORCH_BUILD_GFLAGS "Build the gflags library." ON
-  EXECUTORCH_BUILD_HOST_TARGETS OFF
-)
+option(EXECUTORCH_BUILD_GFLAGS "Build the gflags library." ON)
 if(EXECUTORCH_BUILD_GFLAGS)
   add_subdirectory(third-party/gflags)
 endif()
@@ -692,10 +665,7 @@ install(FILES tools/cmake/executorch-config.cmake DESTINATION lib/cmake/ExecuTor
 #
 # executor_runner: Host tool that demonstrates program execution.
 #
-cmake_dependent_option(
-  EXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXECUTOR_RUNNER "Build the executor_runner executable" ON
-  EXECUTORCH_BUILD_HOST_TARGETS OFF
-)
+option(EXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXECUTOR_RUNNER "Build the executor_runner executable" ON)
 
 # Add googletest if any test targets should be built
 if(BUILD_TESTING)
diff --git a/backends/cadence/build_cadence_fusionG3.sh b/backends/cadence/build_cadence_fusionG3.sh
index 081226bcd94..9e18448a76d 100644
--- a/backends/cadence/build_cadence_fusionG3.sh
+++ b/backends/cadence/build_cadence_fusionG3.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ if $STEPWISE_BUILD; then
         -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=/home/zonglinpeng/ws/zonglinpeng/executorch/backends/cadence/cadence.cmake \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=cmake-out \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-        -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_HOST_TARGETS=ON \
         -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXECUTOR_RUNNER=ON \
         -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_PTHREADPOOL=OFF \
         -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_CADENCE=ON \
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ else
         -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=./backends/cadence/cadence.cmake \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=cmake-out \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-        -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_HOST_TARGETS=ON \
         -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXECUTOR_RUNNER=ON \
         -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_PTHREADPOOL=OFF \
         -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_CPUINFO=OFF \
diff --git a/backends/cadence/build_cadence_hifi4.sh b/backends/cadence/build_cadence_hifi4.sh
index ac1e03ba78e..67f3b7ca7f1 100644
--- a/backends/cadence/build_cadence_hifi4.sh
+++ b/backends/cadence/build_cadence_hifi4.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ if $STEPWISE_BUILD; then
         -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=./backends/cadence/cadence.cmake \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=cmake-out \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-        -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_HOST_TARGETS=ON \
         -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXECUTOR_RUNNER=ON \
         -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_PTHREADPOOL=OFF \
         -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_CADENCE=ON \
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ else
         -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=./backends/cadence/cadence.cmake \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=cmake-out \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-        -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_HOST_TARGETS=ON \
         -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXECUTOR_RUNNER=ON \
         -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_PTHREADPOOL=OFF \
         -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_CPUINFO=OFF \
diff --git a/docs/source/backends-cadence.md b/docs/source/backends-cadence.md
index d9811e6b6c4..9f15656d39c 100644
--- a/docs/source/backends-cadence.md
+++ b/docs/source/backends-cadence.md
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=<path_to_executorch>/backends/cadence/cadence.cmake
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
     -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=python3 \
     -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_RUNNER_UTIL=ON \
-    -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_HOST_TARGETS=ON \
     -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXECUTOR_RUNNER=OFF \
     -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_PTHREADPOOL=OFF \
     -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_CPUINFO=OFF \
diff --git a/tools/cmake/Utils.cmake b/tools/cmake/Utils.cmake
index 8f3e37d9a9e..0a09f51fd28 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/Utils.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/Utils.cmake
@@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ function(executorch_print_configuration_summary)
     STATUS
       "  EXECUTORCH_BUILD_GFLAGS                : ${EXECUTORCH_BUILD_GFLAGS}"
   )
-  message(STATUS "  EXECUTORCH_BUILD_HOST_TARGETS          : "
-                 "${EXECUTORCH_BUILD_HOST_TARGETS}"
-  )
   message(STATUS "  EXECUTORCH_BUILD_KERNELS_CUSTOM        : "
                  "${EXECUTORCH_BUILD_KERNELS_CUSTOM}"
   )