diff --git a/toolsrc/include/VcpkgCmdArguments.h b/toolsrc/include/VcpkgCmdArguments.h
index 4a0809fff2..3a915205e4 100644
--- a/toolsrc/include/VcpkgCmdArguments.h
+++ b/toolsrc/include/VcpkgCmdArguments.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace vcpkg
         static VcpkgCmdArguments create_from_arg_sequence(const std::string* arg_begin, const std::string* arg_end);
 
         std::unique_ptr<std::string> vcpkg_root_dir;
-        std::unique_ptr<std::string> target_triplet;
+        std::unique_ptr<std::string> triplet;
         OptBoolT debug = OptBoolT::UNSPECIFIED;
         OptBoolT  sendmetrics = OptBoolT::UNSPECIFIED;
         OptBoolT  printmetrics = OptBoolT::UNSPECIFIED;
diff --git a/toolsrc/src/VcpkgCmdArguments.cpp b/toolsrc/src/VcpkgCmdArguments.cpp
index 99ca26877c..b5f608840d 100644
--- a/toolsrc/src/VcpkgCmdArguments.cpp
+++ b/toolsrc/src/VcpkgCmdArguments.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ namespace vcpkg
                 if (arg == "--triplet")
                 {
                     ++arg_begin;
-                    parse_value(arg_begin, arg_end, "--triplet", args.target_triplet);
+                    parse_value(arg_begin, arg_end, "--triplet", args.triplet);
                     continue;
                 }
                 if (arg == "--debug")
diff --git a/toolsrc/src/vcpkg.cpp b/toolsrc/src/vcpkg.cpp
index ffe325f6ee..74e11c3d48 100644
--- a/toolsrc/src/vcpkg.cpp
+++ b/toolsrc/src/vcpkg.cpp
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ static void inner(const VcpkgCmdArguments& args)
     }
 
     Triplet default_triplet;
-    if (args.target_triplet != nullptr)
+    if (args.triplet != nullptr)
     {
-        default_triplet = Triplet::from_canonical_name(*args.target_triplet);
+        default_triplet = Triplet::from_canonical_name(*args.triplet);
     }
     else
     {