diff --git a/arch/arc/Makefile b/arch/arc/Makefile
index db72fec0e160fc8e67fe17c5faf9c6ef54c8bcdb..50bc5bc5ab74c8a15c573c3ad89a53a35386d68d 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arc/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 UTS_MACHINE := arc
 
 ifeq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
-CROSS_COMPILE := arc-linux-uclibc-
+CROSS_COMPILE := arc-linux-
 endif
 
 KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := nsim_700_defconfig
diff --git a/arch/arc/configs/nsim_700_defconfig b/arch/arc/configs/nsim_700_defconfig
index ef4d3bc7b6c05fdaa414c3c0312bfb829ab769e9..281baa0b40f50e76e9b17cf83511816f1023c323 100644
--- a/arch/arc/configs/nsim_700_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/configs/nsim_700_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE="arc-linux-uclibc-"
+CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE="arc-linux-"
 # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME="ARCLinux"
 # CONFIG_SWAP is not set
diff --git a/arch/arc/configs/nsimosci_defconfig b/arch/arc/configs/nsimosci_defconfig
index d2ac4e56ba1dd6955c43044aa0ec8da7e062c785..70d0de478024a9aed5c8bacf2259cb0ea2641590 100644
--- a/arch/arc/configs/nsimosci_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/configs/nsimosci_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE="arc-linux-uclibc-"
+CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE="arc-linux-"
 # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME="ARCLinux"
 # CONFIG_SWAP is not set
diff --git a/arch/arc/configs/tb10x_defconfig b/arch/arc/configs/tb10x_defconfig
index 6be6492442d640d3aba09b42239650995aa6e5be..2242a06df30bd17cb67699e4b63be385c8c00616 100644
--- a/arch/arc/configs/tb10x_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/configs/tb10x_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE="arc-linux-uclibc-"
+CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE="arc-linux-"
 # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME="tb10x"
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y