diff --git a/.github/workflows/m68k.yml b/.github/workflows/m68k.yml
index b0866bafb8e..1923704360f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/m68k.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/m68k.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ permissions:
 env:
   # Enable backtraces for easier debugging
   RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
-  # TODO: remove when confish.sh is removed.
-  OVERWRITE_TARGET_TRIPLE: m68k-unknown-linux-gnu
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -109,4 +107,13 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run tests
       run: |
         # TODO: remove --features master when it is back to the default.
-        ./y.sh test --release --features master --clean --build-sysroot ${{ matrix.commands }}
+        ./y.sh test --target-triple m68k-unknown-linux-gnu --release --features master --clean --build-sysroot ${{ matrix.commands }}
+
+    - name: Run Hello World!
+      run: |
+        # TODO: remove --features master when it is back to the default.
+        ./y.sh build --target-triple m68k-unknown-linux-gnu --features master
+
+        cd projects/hello_world
+        ../../y.sh cargo run --target m68k-unknown-linux-gnu > hello_world_stdout
+        test $(cat hello_world_stdout) == "Hello, world!" || exit 1
diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 39ff41acf84..09e817ba9d9 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -324,13 +324,13 @@ generate it in [gimple.md](./doc/gimple.md).
  * Run `./y.sh prepare --cross` so that the sysroot is patched for the cross-compiling case.
  * Set the path to the cross-compiling libgccjit in `gcc_path`.
  * Make sure you have the linker for your target (for instance `m68k-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc`) in your `$PATH`. Currently, the linker name is hardcoded as being `$TARGET-gcc`. Specify the target when building the sysroot: `./y.sh build --target-triple m68k-unknown-linux-gnu`.
- * Build your project by specifying the target: `OVERWRITE_TARGET_TRIPLE=m68k-unknown-linux-gnu ../y.sh cargo build --target m68k-unknown-linux-gnu`.
+ * Build your project by specifying the target: `../y.sh cargo build --target m68k-unknown-linux-gnu`.
 
 If the target is not yet supported by the Rust compiler, create a [target specification file](https://docs.rust-embedded.org/embedonomicon/custom-target.html) (note that the `arch` specified in this file must be supported by the rust compiler).
 Then, you can use it the following way:
 
  * Add the target specification file using `--target` as an **absolute** path to build the sysroot: `./y.sh build --target-triple m68k-unknown-linux-gnu --target $(pwd)/m68k-unknown-linux-gnu.json`
- * Build your project by specifying the target specification file: `OVERWRITE_TARGET_TRIPLE=m68k-unknown-linux-gnu ../y.sh cargo build --target path/to/m68k-unknown-linux-gnu.json`.
+ * Build your project by specifying the target specification file: `../y.sh cargo build --target path/to/m68k-unknown-linux-gnu.json`.
 
 If you get the following error:
 
diff --git a/build_system/src/config.rs b/build_system/src/config.rs
index 1824bdd292f..0b792d974dc 100644
--- a/build_system/src/config.rs
+++ b/build_system/src/config.rs
@@ -117,9 +117,13 @@ impl ConfigInfo {
         };
 
         if self.target_triple.is_empty() {
-            if let Some(overwrite) = env.get("OVERWRITE_TARGET_TRIPLE") {
-                self.target_triple = overwrite.clone();
-            }
+            // TODO: set target triple.
+            // TODO: why do we even need to set target_triple?
+            // It seems to only be needed for the linker (we could add an environment variable to
+            // remove this need) and the sysroot (perhaps we could find another way to find it).
+            // TODO TODO: seems like we would still need OVERWRITE_TARGET_TRIPLE when using a
+            // json spec file.
+            // ====> maybe not since we specify both --target and --target-triple.
         }
         if self.target_triple.is_empty() {
             self.target_triple = self.host_triple.clone();
diff --git a/projects/hello_world/Cargo.toml b/projects/hello_world/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..624cb0691ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/hello_world/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "hello_world"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/projects/hello_world/src/main.rs b/projects/hello_world/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7a11a969c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/hello_world/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}