diff --git a/test/tests.zig b/test/tests.zig
index d7b7407390..b88dc8e3c5 100644
--- a/test/tests.zig
+++ b/test/tests.zig
@@ -2970,7 +2970,7 @@ pub fn addIncrementalTests(b: *std.Build, test_step: *Step, test_filters: []cons
             run.addFileArg(b.path("test/incremental/").path(b, entry.path));
 
             run.addArg("--zig-lib-dir");
-            run.addFileArg(.zig_lib);
+            run.addDirectoryArg(.zig_lib);
 
             run.addArgs(&.{ "--target", target_str });
 
diff --git a/tools/incr-check.zig b/tools/incr-check.zig
index 75906424b1..89c14ce1e7 100644
--- a/tools/incr-check.zig
+++ b/tools/incr-check.zig
@@ -360,7 +360,10 @@ const Eval = struct {
 
                     const bin_name = try std.zig.EmitArtifact.bin.cacheName(arena, .{
                         .root_name = "root", // corresponds to the module name "root"
-                        .target = &eval.target,
+                        .cpu_arch = eval.target.cpu.arch,
+                        .os_tag = eval.target.os.tag,
+                        .ofmt = eval.target.ofmt,
+                        .abi = eval.target.abi,
                         .output_mode = .Exe,
                     });
                     const bin_path = try Dir.path.join(arena, &.{ result_dir, bin_name });
@@ -487,9 +490,12 @@ const Eval = struct {
         var argv_buf: [2][]const u8 = undefined;
         const argv: []const []const u8, const is_foreign: bool = sw: switch (std.zig.system.getExternalExecutor(
             io,
-            &eval.host,
             &eval.target,
-            .{ .link_libc = eval.backend == .cbe },
+            .{
+                .link_libc = eval.backend == .cbe,
+                .host_cpu_arch = eval.host.cpu.arch,
+                .host_os_tag = eval.host.os.tag,
+            },
         )) {
             .bad_dl, .bad_os_or_cpu => {
                 // This binary cannot be executed on this host.