diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/breakpoints/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/breakpoints/Makefile
index 1822356402090df03ee6311cb99dd7e2c7db94d7..d27108b4f2081fe2d250e4de8c45bf02f7c73d4f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/breakpoints/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/breakpoints/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,12 @@
 # Taken from perf makefile
 uname_M := $(shell uname -m 2>/dev/null || echo not)
-ARCH ?= $(shell echo $(uname_M) | sed -e s/i.86/i386/)
-ifeq ($(ARCH),i386)
-        ARCH := x86
-endif
-ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
-	ARCH := x86
-endif
+ARCH ?= $(shell echo $(uname_M) | sed -e s/i.86/x86/ -e s/x86_64/x86/)
 
-
-all:
 ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
-	gcc breakpoint_test.c -o breakpoint_test
-else
-	echo "Not an x86 target, can't build breakpoints selftests"
+TEST_PROGS := breakpoint_test
 endif
 
-TEST_PROGS := breakpoint_test
+all:
 
 include ../lib.mk