diff --git a/llvm/utils/release/test-release.sh b/llvm/utils/release/test-release.sh
--- a/llvm/utils/release/test-release.sh
+++ b/llvm/utils/release/test-release.sh
@@ -411,9 +411,11 @@
       # unknown runtime name.
       runtimes=$(echo $runtimes | sed -e 's/^\s*//')
       runtime_list=${runtimes// /;}
+      targets=""
     else
       project_list="clang"
       runtime_list=""
+      targets="-DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=Native"
     fi
     echo "# Using C compiler: $c_compiler"
     echo "# Using C++ compiler: $cxx_compiler"
@@ -428,7 +430,7 @@
         -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="$project_list" \
         -DLLVM_LIT_ARGS="-j $NumJobs" \
         -DLLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES="$runtime_list" \
-        $ExtraConfigureFlags $BuildDir/llvm-project/llvm \
+        $extra_flags $targets $BuildDir/llvm-project/llvm \
         2>&1 | tee $LogDir/llvm.configure-Phase$Phase-$Flavor.log
     env CC="$c_compiler" CXX="$cxx_compiler" \
         cmake -G "$generator" \
@@ -437,7 +439,7 @@
         -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="$project_list" \
         -DLLVM_LIT_ARGS="-j $NumJobs" \
         -DLLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES="$runtime_list" \
-        $ExtraConfigureFlags $BuildDir/llvm-project/llvm \
+        $extra_flags $targets $BuildDir/llvm-project/llvm \
         2>&1 | tee $LogDir/llvm.configure-Phase$Phase-$Flavor.log
 
     cd $BuildDir