diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 60667e7d4c69987..fbd9343bffbfc5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5551,7 +5551,7 @@ with pkgs;
             '';
           };
         } ../development/tools/build-managers/meson/emulator-hook.sh
-    else throw "mesonEmulatorHook has to be in a conditional to check if the target binaries can be executed i.e. (!stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform)";
+    else throw "mesonEmulatorHook has to be in a conditional to check if the target binaries can be executed i.e. (!stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.targetPlatform)";
 
   meson-tools = callPackage ../misc/meson-tools { };