diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 03f9320..8d3ffe1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -217,18 +217,16 @@
 ################################################################################
 ifeq (${ARM_ARCH_MAJOR},7)
 	target32-directive	= 	-target arm-none-eabi
-# Will set march32-directive from platform configuration
+# Will set march-directive from platform configuration
 else
 	target32-directive	= 	-target armv8a-none-eabi
 
 # Set the compiler's target architecture profile based on
 # ARM_ARCH_MAJOR ARM_ARCH_MINOR options
 	ifeq (${ARM_ARCH_MINOR},0)
-		march32-directive	= 	-march=armv${ARM_ARCH_MAJOR}-a
-		march64-directive	= 	-march=armv${ARM_ARCH_MAJOR}-a
+		march-directive	= 	-march=armv${ARM_ARCH_MAJOR}-a
 	else
-		march32-directive	= 	-march=armv${ARM_ARCH_MAJOR}.${ARM_ARCH_MINOR}-a
-		march64-directive	= 	-march=armv${ARM_ARCH_MAJOR}.${ARM_ARCH_MINOR}-a
+		march-directive	= 	-march=armv${ARM_ARCH_MAJOR}.${ARM_ARCH_MINOR}-a
 	endif #(ARM_ARCH_MINOR)
 endif #(ARM_ARCH_MAJOR)
 
@@ -273,24 +271,20 @@
 # Set the compiler's architecture feature modifiers
 ifneq ($(arch-features), none)
 	# Strip "none+" from arch-features
-	arch-features		:=	$(subst none+,,$(arch-features))
-	ifeq ($(ARCH), aarch32)
-		march32-directive	:=	$(march32-directive)+$(arch-features)
-	else
-		march64-directive	:=	$(march64-directive)+$(arch-features)
-	endif
+	arch-features	:=	$(subst none+,,$(arch-features))
+	march-directive	:=	$(march-directive)+$(arch-features)
 # Print features
         $(info Arm Architecture Features specified: $(subst +, ,$(arch-features)))
 endif #(arch-features)
 
 ifneq ($(findstring clang,$(notdir $(CC))),)
 	ifneq ($(findstring armclang,$(notdir $(CC))),)
-		TF_CFLAGS_aarch32	:=	-target arm-arm-none-eabi $(march32-directive)
-		TF_CFLAGS_aarch64	:=	-target aarch64-arm-none-eabi $(march64-directive)
+		TF_CFLAGS_aarch32	:=	-target arm-arm-none-eabi $(march-directive)
+		TF_CFLAGS_aarch64	:=	-target aarch64-arm-none-eabi $(march-directive)
 		LD			:=	$(LINKER)
 	else
-		TF_CFLAGS_aarch32	=	$(target32-directive) $(march32-directive)
-		TF_CFLAGS_aarch64	:=	-target aarch64-elf $(march64-directive)
+		TF_CFLAGS_aarch32	=	$(target32-directive) $(march-directive)
+		TF_CFLAGS_aarch64	:=	-target aarch64-elf $(march-directive)
 		LD			:=	$(shell $(CC) --print-prog-name ld.lld)
 
 		AR			:=	$(shell $(CC) --print-prog-name llvm-ar)
@@ -302,8 +296,8 @@
 	PP		:=	$(CC) -E $(TF_CFLAGS_$(ARCH))
 	AS		:=	$(CC) -c -x assembler-with-cpp $(TF_CFLAGS_$(ARCH))
 else ifneq ($(findstring gcc,$(notdir $(CC))),)
-	TF_CFLAGS_aarch32	=	$(march32-directive)
-	TF_CFLAGS_aarch64	=	$(march64-directive)
+	TF_CFLAGS_aarch32	=	$(march-directive)
+	TF_CFLAGS_aarch64	=	$(march-directive)
 	ifeq ($(ENABLE_LTO),1)
 		# Enable LTO only for aarch64
 		ifeq (${ARCH},aarch64)
@@ -314,8 +308,8 @@
 	endif
 	LD			=	$(LINKER)
 else
-	TF_CFLAGS_aarch32	=	$(march32-directive)
-	TF_CFLAGS_aarch64	=	$(march64-directive)
+	TF_CFLAGS_aarch32	=	$(march-directive)
+	TF_CFLAGS_aarch64	=	$(march-directive)
 	LD			=	$(LINKER)
 endif #(clang)
 
@@ -355,8 +349,7 @@
 	TF_CFLAGS_aarch64	+=	-mbranch-protection=${BP_OPTION}
 endif #(BP_OPTION)
 
-ASFLAGS_aarch32		=	$(march32-directive)
-ASFLAGS_aarch64		=	$(march64-directive)
+ASFLAGS		+=	$(march-directive)
 
 ##############################################################################
 # WARNINGS Configuration
@@ -444,7 +437,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 CPPFLAGS		=	${DEFINES} ${INCLUDES} ${MBEDTLS_INC} -nostdinc	\
 				$(ERRORS) $(WARNINGS)
-ASFLAGS			+=	$(CPPFLAGS) $(ASFLAGS_$(ARCH))			\
+ASFLAGS			+=	$(CPPFLAGS)                 			\
 				-ffreestanding -Wa,--fatal-warnings
 TF_CFLAGS		+=	$(CPPFLAGS) $(TF_CFLAGS_$(ARCH))		\
 				-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections		\
diff --git a/docs/design/firmware-design.rst b/docs/design/firmware-design.rst
index 131cca1..3d648c4 100644
--- a/docs/design/firmware-design.rst
+++ b/docs/design/firmware-design.rst
@@ -2733,12 +2733,12 @@
 the toolchain  target architecture directive.
 
 Platform may choose to not define straight the toolchain target architecture
-directive by defining ``MARCH32_DIRECTIVE``.
+directive by defining ``MARCH_DIRECTIVE``.
 I.e:
 
 .. code:: make
 
-   MARCH32_DIRECTIVE := -mach=armv7-a
+   MARCH_DIRECTIVE := -mach=armv7-a
 
 Code Structure
 --------------
diff --git a/make_helpers/armv7-a-cpus.mk b/make_helpers/armv7-a-cpus.mk
index eec85cc..a8e9d50 100644
--- a/make_helpers/armv7-a-cpus.mk
+++ b/make_helpers/armv7-a-cpus.mk
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 # armClang requires -march=armv7-a for all ARMv7 Cortex-A. To comply with
 # all, just drop -march and supply only -mcpu.
 
-# Platform can override march32-directive through MARCH32_DIRECTIVE
-ifdef MARCH32_DIRECTIVE
-march32-directive		:= $(MARCH32_DIRECTIVE)
+# Platform can override march-directive through MARCH_DIRECTIVE
+ifdef MARCH_DIRECTIVE
+march-directive		:= $(MARCH_DIRECTIVE)
 else
 march32-set-${ARM_CORTEX_A5}	:= -mcpu=cortex-a5
 march32-set-${ARM_CORTEX_A7}	:= -mcpu=cortex-a7
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 # default to -march=armv7-a as target directive
 march32-set-yes			?= -march=armv7-a
-march32-directive		:= ${march32-set-yes} ${march32-neon-yes}
+march-directive		:= ${march32-set-yes} ${march32-neon-yes}
 endif
 
 # Platform may override these extension support directives:
diff --git a/plat/qemu/qemu/platform.mk b/plat/qemu/qemu/platform.mk
index 7a1dccd..56c96a1 100644
--- a/plat/qemu/qemu/platform.mk
+++ b/plat/qemu/qemu/platform.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # Qemu Cortex-A15 model does not implement the virtualization extension.
 # For this reason, we cannot set ARM_CORTEX_A15=yes and must define all
 # the ARMv7 build directives.
-MARCH32_DIRECTIVE 	:= 	-mcpu=cortex-a15
+MARCH_DIRECTIVE 	:= 	-mcpu=cortex-a15
 $(eval $(call add_define,ARMV7_SUPPORTS_LARGE_PAGE_ADDRESSING))
 $(eval $(call add_define,ARMV7_SUPPORTS_GENERIC_TIMER))
 $(eval $(call add_define,ARMV7_SUPPORTS_VFP))