diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index c1ca86b..0000000
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[build]
-target = "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index d60fdd0..b86cc66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Prerequisites
-      run: |
-        sudo apt install -y musl-tools musl-dev
-        rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
     - name: Run build
       run: cargo build
     - name: Run tests
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f9b164f..149cc58 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ The template for the Space API JSON document is defined within the file `status.
 
 Building the software requires a Rust toolchain to be installed.
 If so, the build process is as easy as `cargo build [--release]`.
-Currently, the build defaults to x64 with musl on Linux (see `.cargo/config.toml`).
-You may override it by providing the necessary arguments to cargo.
 
 Two minimalistic tests are provided to check wether the configuration and the template files can be parsed.
 Run `cargo test` to execute the tests.