diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk b/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk
index a2d4304f624..f6599a0ad80 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk
@@ -98,11 +98,7 @@ _CPUCFLAGS = -march=${CPUTYPE}
 . elif ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "amd64"
 _CPUCFLAGS = -march=${CPUTYPE}
 . elif ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "arm"
-.  if ${CPUTYPE} == "xscale"
-#XXX: gcc doesn't seem to like -mcpu=xscale, and dies while rebuilding itself
-#_CPUCFLAGS = -mcpu=xscale
-_CPUCFLAGS = -march=armv5te -D__XSCALE__
-.  elif ${CPUTYPE:M*soft*} != ""
+.  if ${CPUTYPE:M*soft*} != ""
 _CPUCFLAGS = -mfloat-abi=softfp
 .  elif ${CPUTYPE} == "cortexa"
 _CPUCFLAGS = -march=armv7 -mfpu=vfp