diff --git a/arch/arc/Makefile b/arch/arc/Makefile
index babc09c61c6c5726c79905960ad920dd53e31aa3..fed12f39d8ce5f35602a92ae4ae34f2f9777c7fe 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arc/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,20 @@ cflags-y	+= -fno-common -pipe -fno-builtin -D__linux__
 cflags-$(CONFIG_ISA_ARCOMPACT)	+= -mA7
 cflags-$(CONFIG_ISA_ARCV2)	+= -mcpu=archs
 
+is_700 = $(shell $(CC) -dM -E - < /dev/null | grep -q "ARC700" && echo 1 || echo 0)
+
+ifdef CONFIG_ISA_ARCOMPACT
+ifeq ($(is_700), 0)
+    $(error Toolchain not configured for ARCompact builds)
+endif
+endif
+
+ifdef CONFIG_ISA_ARCV2
+ifeq ($(is_700), 1)
+    $(error Toolchain not configured for ARCv2 builds)
+endif
+endif
+
 ifdef CONFIG_ARC_CURR_IN_REG
 # For a global register defintion, make sure it gets passed to every file
 # We had a customer reported bug where some code built in kernel was NOT using
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h
index f9f4c6f59fdbb3f450ec13420e94f2ee1cb4428c..7fbaea00a3366746b16d869c364df522392cb657 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h
@@ -381,12 +381,6 @@ static inline int is_isa_arcompact(void)
 	return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ISA_ARCOMPACT);
 }
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_ISA_ARCOMPACT) && !defined(_CPU_DEFAULT_A7)
-#error "Toolchain not configured for ARCompact builds"
-#elif defined(CONFIG_ISA_ARCV2) && !defined(_CPU_DEFAULT_HS)
-#error "Toolchain not configured for ARCv2 builds"
-#endif
-
 #endif /* __ASEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_ARC_ARCREGS_H */