diff --git a/community/river/APKBUILD b/community/river/APKBUILD
index 2a15fa3a42f..744bc53c512 100644
--- a/community/river/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/river/APKBUILD
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ source="
 
 # We may want other than "baseline" for other targets, when enabled by zig
 case "$CARCH" in
-	aarch64|x86_64) cputarget=baseline ;;
+	aarch64|x86_64) _cputarget=baseline ;;
 esac
 
 build() {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ build() {
 		-Dpie \
 		-Dxwayland \
 		--prefix /usr install \
-		${cputarget:+-Dcpu="$cputarget"}
+		${_cputarget:+-Dcpu="$_cputarget"}
 }
 
 check() {