diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/pxa/config.mk b/arch/arm/cpu/pxa/config.mk
index 0bbe295a2c..ea558593bc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/pxa/config.mk
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/pxa/config.mk
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -fno-common -ffixed-r8 -msoft-float
 
-PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -march=armv5te -mtune=xscale
+PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -mcpu=xscale
 # =========================================================================
 #
 # Supply options according to compiler version