diff --git a/architectures/cortex-a72.cfg b/architectures/cortex-a72.cfg
index 4c64550..44bc813 100644
--- a/architectures/cortex-a72.cfg
+++ b/architectures/cortex-a72.cfg
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ cfg_target_canonical="armv11-$cfg_glued_vendor-linux-gnueabi"
 cfg_target_linux='arm'
 cfg_target_uboot_arch='arm'
 cfg_target_gcc_flags='-O2 -pipe -funit-at-a-time -mcpu=cortex-a72 -mtune=cortex-a72 -mfloat-abi=hard -mfpu=neon-fp-armv8'
-cfg_target_gcc_configure_flags='--with-arch=armv8-a --with-cpu=cortex-a72 --with-tune=cortex-a72 --with-fpu=neon-fp-armv8 --with-float=hard'
+cfg_target_gcc_configure_flags='--with-cpu=cortex-a72 --with-tune=cortex-a72 --with-fpu=neon-fp-armv8 --with-float=hard'
 cfg_target_ar_flags='aarch64-elf'