diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 7f7e258a801eaa9e4bff89a23df60e7ae3a26793..388e4c0f0d33264afdc1b4fe459256b3d7081caf 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ config TARGET_DBAU1X00
 	select SUPPORTS_CPU_MIPS32_R1
 	select SUPPORTS_CPU_MIPS32_R2
 	select SYS_MIPS_CACHE_INIT_RAM_LOAD
+	select MIPS_TUNE_4KC
 
 config TARGET_PB1X00
 	bool "Support pb1x00"
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ config TARGET_PB1X00
 	select SUPPORTS_CPU_MIPS32_R1
 	select SUPPORTS_CPU_MIPS32_R2
 	select SYS_MIPS_CACHE_INIT_RAM_LOAD
-
+	select MIPS_TUNE_4KC
 
 endchoice
 
@@ -174,6 +175,15 @@ config CPU_MIPS64
 	bool
 	default y if CPU_MIPS64_R1 || CPU_MIPS64_R2
 
+config MIPS_TUNE_4KC
+	bool
+
+config MIPS_TUNE_14KC
+	bool
+
+config MIPS_TUNE_24KC
+	bool
+
 config 32BIT
 	bool
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index 6a9f798d5677c0cc523ed35a8d925203ce72a0c3..90cd5906c6af06834915cc594a09f6d698080400 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -13,3 +13,16 @@ machdirs := $(patsubst %,arch/mips/mach-%/,$(machine-y))
 libs-y += $(machdirs)
 
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += $(patsubst %,-I$(srctree)/%include,$(machdirs))
+
+# Optimize for MIPS architectures
+arch-$(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R1) += -march=mips32 -Wa,-mips32
+arch-$(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R2) += -march=mips32r2 -Wa,-mips32r2
+arch-$(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R1) += -march=mips64 -Wa,-mips64
+arch-$(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R2) += -march=mips64r2 -Wa,-mips64r2
+
+# Allow extra optimization for specific CPUs/SoCs
+tune-$(CONFIG_MIPS_TUNE_4KC) += -mtune=4kc
+tune-$(CONFIG_MIPS_TUNE_14KC) += -mtune=14kc
+tune-$(CONFIG_MIPS_TUNE_24KC) += -mtune=24kc
+
+PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += $(arch-y) $(tune-y)
diff --git a/arch/mips/config.mk b/arch/mips/config.mk
index b78d4953ba215c0a8a11fa1884b7bb521c8e0ac0..609a998f3b634798aca97dbad3d84599eef1315d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/config.mk
+++ b/arch/mips/config.mk
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ PLATFORM_LDFLAGS	+= -m$(64bit-emul)
 OBJCOPYFLAGS		+= -O $(64bit-bfd)
 endif
 
-cpuflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R1) += -march=mips32 -Wa,-mips32
-cpuflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R2) += -march=mips32r2 -Wa,-mips32r2
-cpuflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R1) += -march=mips64 -Wa,-mips64
-cpuflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R2) += -march=mips64r2 -Wa,-mips64r2
-PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += $(cpuflags-y)
-
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -D__MIPS__
 
 #
diff --git a/arch/mips/mach-au1x00/config.mk b/arch/mips/mach-au1x00/config.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c89129d8cf4793cb5d79e6697731ffa3921fd83..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/arch/mips/mach-au1x00/config.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#
-# (C) Copyright 2011
-# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
-#
-
-PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -mtune=4kc