diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-at91/sama5d3.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-at91/sama5d3.h
index f7bc4ad33834b17ff2c610f777886af1f80e8442..227ba8082551b039e8ace1d7ee77ad3e70abd60b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-at91/sama5d3.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-at91/sama5d3.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 /*
  * defines to be used in other places
  */
-#define CONFIG_ARMV7		/* ARM A5 Core */
 #define CONFIG_AT91FAMILY	/* it's a member of AT91 */
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/configs/armadillo-800eva.h b/include/configs/armadillo-800eva.h
index b073b97bae5e0ee2d5876877572abb11c4e967c0..72469f35b2d9edc6eadf28eb85df4c067ea3efe6 100644
--- a/include/configs/armadillo-800eva.h
+++ b/include/configs/armadillo-800eva.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #define __ARMADILLO_800EVA_H
 
 #undef DEBUG
-#define CONFIG_ARMV7
 #define CONFIG_R8A7740
 #define CONFIG_RMOBILE_BOARD_STRING "Armadillo-800EVA Board\n"
 #define CONFIG_SH_GPIO_PFC
diff --git a/include/configs/bcm28155_ap.h b/include/configs/bcm28155_ap.h
index bf09939c8174ffc17c5a9d03b173948676e66a53..104577995e5f2c683cd0b58d50508871e93edc6f 100644
--- a/include/configs/bcm28155_ap.h
+++ b/include/configs/bcm28155_ap.h
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/sizes.h>
 #include <asm/arch/sysmap.h>
 
-/* Architecture, CPU, chip, mach, etc */
-#define CONFIG_ARMV7
+/* CPU, chip, mach, etc */
 #define CONFIG_KONA
 #define CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
 #define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
diff --git a/include/configs/bcm_ep_board.h b/include/configs/bcm_ep_board.h
index 827844e9d9449c7499fb07411f3c3fb8ed06ad8c..fb85c7263b19103d405ace79b92bb9e0b4940977 100644
--- a/include/configs/bcm_ep_board.h
+++ b/include/configs/bcm_ep_board.h
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 
 #include <asm/arch/configs.h>
 
-/* Architecture, CPU, chip, etc */
-#define CONFIG_ARMV7
 #define CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
diff --git a/include/configs/ks2_evm.h b/include/configs/ks2_evm.h
index dd5050fbe93b00ba65f5d4078623bcd4d8493ec1..42280ca0a505834d8e61e2e2c8c28f25802c65f9 100644
--- a/include/configs/ks2_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/ks2_evm.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD
 
 /* SoC Configuration */
-#define CONFIG_ARMV7
 #define CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_INIT
 #define CONFIG_SYS_ARCH_TIMER
 #define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE		0x0c001000
diff --git a/include/configs/omap3_mvblx.h b/include/configs/omap3_mvblx.h
index f3c21c4580aa5c067d0de68b3cdb0a302bdc3876..bf1d34dedb4dd475db9d04431dc627330e12400a 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap3_mvblx.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap3_mvblx.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 /*
  * High Level Configuration Options
  */
-#define CONFIG_ARMV7		1	/* This is an ARM V7 CPU core */
 #define CONFIG_OMAP		1	/* in a TI OMAP core */
 #define CONFIG_MVBLX		1	/* working with mvBlueLYNX-X */
 #define CONFIG_MACH_TYPE	MACH_TYPE_MVBLX
diff --git a/include/configs/socfpga_common.h b/include/configs/socfpga_common.h
index c436fdaf526d52f258d82dfab37bbb0a571dc16e..c4ac94d0eb302ec6c64193fc99f109f069b00de8 100644
--- a/include/configs/socfpga_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/socfpga_common.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 /* Virtual target or real hardware */
 #undef CONFIG_SOCFPGA_VIRTUAL_TARGET
 
-#define CONFIG_ARMV7
 #define CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD
 
 #define CONFIG_SOCFPGA
diff --git a/include/configs/tao3530.h b/include/configs/tao3530.h
index d687717dfb8823323713ba2fe79d275ebb198f03..a160329c1d71d39c797e44af03fb46c20ee0c728 100644
--- a/include/configs/tao3530.h
+++ b/include/configs/tao3530.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 /*
  * High Level Configuration Options
  */
-#define CONFIG_ARMV7			/* This is an ARM V7 CPU core */
 #define CONFIG_OMAP			/* in a TI OMAP core */
 
 #define CONFIG_OMAP_GPIO
diff --git a/include/configs/zynq-common.h b/include/configs/zynq-common.h
index 2bc1562cecdb130b1fed40f99e5618bffcc9326a..c39c568ff88435fd9b1c30549707d6ce6fc86417 100644
--- a/include/configs/zynq-common.h
+++ b/include/configs/zynq-common.h
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 #ifndef __CONFIG_ZYNQ_COMMON_H
 #define __CONFIG_ZYNQ_COMMON_H
 
-/* High Level configuration Options */
-#define CONFIG_ARMV7
-
 /* CPU clock */
 #ifndef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_HZ
 # define CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_HZ	800000000