diff --git a/lib/ClangImporter/ClangModuleDependencyScanner.cpp b/lib/ClangImporter/ClangModuleDependencyScanner.cpp
index dc57a590cf446..46daaf9f2afed 100644
--- a/lib/ClangImporter/ClangModuleDependencyScanner.cpp
+++ b/lib/ClangImporter/ClangModuleDependencyScanner.cpp
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ void ClangImporter::recordModuleDependencies(
     while(It != allArgs.end()) {
       StringRef arg = *It;
       // Remove the -target arguments because we should use the target triple
-      // specified with `-clang-target` on the scanner invocation, or
       // from the depending Swift modules.
       if (arg == "-target") {
         It += 2;
@@ -255,16 +254,6 @@ void ClangImporter::recordModuleDependencies(
       swiftArgs.push_back(clangArg);
     }
 
-    // If the scanner is invoked with '-clang-target', ensure this is the target
-    // used to build this PCM.
-    if (Impl.SwiftContext.LangOpts.ClangTarget.hasValue()) {
-      llvm::Triple triple = Impl.SwiftContext.LangOpts.ClangTarget.getValue();
-      swiftArgs.push_back("-Xcc");
-      swiftArgs.push_back("-target");
-      swiftArgs.push_back("-Xcc");
-      swiftArgs.push_back(triple.str());
-    }
-
     // Swift frontend action: -emit-pcm
     swiftArgs.push_back("-emit-pcm");
     swiftArgs.push_back("-module-name");
diff --git a/lib/DependencyScan/ScanDependencies.cpp b/lib/DependencyScan/ScanDependencies.cpp
index ce1bc928ea898..7baa5f813444f 100644
--- a/lib/DependencyScan/ScanDependencies.cpp
+++ b/lib/DependencyScan/ScanDependencies.cpp
@@ -1049,16 +1049,11 @@ identifyMainModuleDependencies(CompilerInstance &instance) {
        instance.getASTContext()
            .LangOpts.EffectiveLanguageVersion.asAPINotesVersionString())
           .str();
-
   // Compute the dependencies of the main module.
-  std::vector<StringRef> ExtraPCMArgs = {
-    "-Xcc", apinotesVer
-  };
-  if (!instance.getASTContext().LangOpts.ClangTarget.hasValue())
-    ExtraPCMArgs.insert(ExtraPCMArgs.begin(),
-                        {"-Xcc", "-target", "-Xcc",
-                         instance.getASTContext().LangOpts.Target.str()});
-  auto mainDependencies = ModuleDependencies::forMainSwiftModule(ExtraPCMArgs);
+  auto mainDependencies = ModuleDependencies::forMainSwiftModule(
+      {// ExtraPCMArgs
+       "-Xcc", "-target", "-Xcc",
+       instance.getASTContext().LangOpts.Target.str(), "-Xcc", apinotesVer});
 
   // Compute Implicit dependencies of the main module
   {
diff --git a/lib/Frontend/ModuleInterfaceLoader.cpp b/lib/Frontend/ModuleInterfaceLoader.cpp
index 534d6f1a0145a..d4d424570380a 100644
--- a/lib/Frontend/ModuleInterfaceLoader.cpp
+++ b/lib/Frontend/ModuleInterfaceLoader.cpp
@@ -1647,20 +1647,15 @@ InterfaceSubContextDelegateImpl::runInSubCompilerInstance(StringRef moduleName,
   }
   info.BuildArguments = BuildArgs;
   info.Hash = CacheHash;
-  auto target = *(std::find(BuildArgs.rbegin(), BuildArgs.rend(), "-target") - 1);
+  auto target =  *(std::find(BuildArgs.rbegin(), BuildArgs.rend(), "-target") - 1);
   auto langVersion = *(std::find(BuildArgs.rbegin(), BuildArgs.rend(),
                                  "-swift-version") - 1);
-
-  std::vector<StringRef> ExtraPCMArgs = {
+  std::array<StringRef, 6> ExtraPCMArgs = {
+    // PCMs should use the target triple the interface will be using to build
+    "-Xcc", "-target", "-Xcc", target,
     // PCMs should use the effective Swift language version for apinotes.
-    "-Xcc",
-    ArgSaver.save((llvm::Twine("-fapinotes-swift-version=") + langVersion).str())
+    "-Xcc", ArgSaver.save((llvm::Twine("-fapinotes-swift-version=") + langVersion).str())
   };
-  if (!subInvocation.getLangOptions().ClangTarget.hasValue()) {
-    ExtraPCMArgs.insert(ExtraPCMArgs.begin(), {"-Xcc", "-target",
-                                               "-Xcc", target});
-  }
-
   info.ExtraPCMArgs = ExtraPCMArgs;
   // Run the action under the sub compiler instance.
   return action(info);
diff --git a/test/ScanDependencies/module_deps.swift b/test/ScanDependencies/module_deps.swift
index e39f376020e5e..41598440a2dff 100644
--- a/test/ScanDependencies/module_deps.swift
+++ b/test/ScanDependencies/module_deps.swift
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // RUN: %empty-directory(%t)
 // RUN: mkdir -p %t/clang-module-cache
-
 // RUN: %target-swift-frontend -scan-dependencies -module-cache-path %t/clang-module-cache %s -o %t/deps.json -I %S/Inputs/CHeaders -I %S/Inputs/Swift -emit-dependencies -emit-dependencies-path %t/deps.d -import-objc-header %S/Inputs/CHeaders/Bridging.h -swift-version 4
+
 // Check the contents of the JSON output
-// RUN: %FileCheck -check-prefix CHECK_NO_CLANG_TARGET %s < %t/deps.json
+// RUN: %FileCheck %s < %t/deps.json
 
 // Check the contents of the JSON output
 // RUN: %FileCheck %s -check-prefix CHECK-NO-SEARCH-PATHS < %t/deps.json
@@ -22,12 +22,7 @@
 
 // Ensure that round-trip serialization does not affect result
 // RUN: %target-swift-frontend -scan-dependencies -test-dependency-scan-cache-serialization -module-cache-path %t/clang-module-cache %s -o %t/deps.json -I %S/Inputs/CHeaders -I %S/Inputs/Swift -import-objc-header %S/Inputs/CHeaders/Bridging.h -swift-version 4
-// RUN: %FileCheck -check-prefix CHECK_NO_CLANG_TARGET %s < %t/deps.json
-
-// Ensure that scanning with `-clang-target` makes sure that Swift modules' respecitve PCM-dependency-build-argument sets do not contain target triples.
-// RUN: %target-swift-frontend -scan-dependencies -module-cache-path %t/clang-module-cache %s -o %t/deps_clang_target.json -I %S/Inputs/CHeaders -I %S/Inputs/Swift -import-objc-header %S/Inputs/CHeaders/Bridging.h -swift-version 4 -clang-target %target-cpu-apple-macosx10.14
-// Check the contents of the JSON output
-// RUN: %FileCheck -check-prefix CHECK_CLANG_TARGET %s < %t/deps_clang_target.json
+// RUN: %FileCheck %s < %t/deps.json
 
 // REQUIRES: executable_test
 // REQUIRES: objc_interop
@@ -183,13 +178,10 @@ import SubE
 // CHECK: "-swift-version"
 // CHECK: "5"
 // CHECK: ],
-// CHECK_NO_CLANG_TARGET: "extraPcmArgs": [
-// CHECK_NO_CLANG_TARGET-NEXT:   "-Xcc",
-// CHECK_NO_CLANG_TARGET-NEXT:   "-target",
-// CHECK_CLANG_TARGET: "extraPcmArgs": [
-// CHECK_CLANG_TARGET-NEXT:   "-Xcc",
-// CHECK_CLANG_TARGET-NEXT:   "-fapinotes-swift-version={{.*}}"
-// CHECK_CLANG_TARGET-NEXT:   ]
+// CHECK" "extraPcmArgs": [
+// CHECK"   "-target",
+// CHECK"   "-fapinotes-swift-version=5"
+// CHECK" ]
 
 /// --------Swift module Swift
 // CHECK-LABEL: "modulePath": "Swift.swiftmodule",