diff --git a/arch/arc/Makefile b/arch/arc/Makefile
index 0c6bf0d1df7a..578bdbbb0fa7 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arc/Makefile
@@ -102,16 +102,22 @@ libs-y		+= arch/arc/lib/ $(LIBGCC)
 
 boot		:= arch/arc/boot
 
-#default target for make without any arguments.
-KBUILD_IMAGE	:= $(boot)/bootpImage
-
-all:	bootpImage
-bootpImage: vmlinux
-
-boot_targets += uImage uImage.bin uImage.gz
+boot_targets := uImage.bin uImage.gz uImage.lzma
 
+PHONY += $(boot_targets)
 $(boot_targets): vmlinux
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(boot)/$@
 
+uimage-default-y			:= uImage.bin
+uimage-default-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP)	:= uImage.gz
+uimage-default-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA)	:= uImage.lzma
+
+PHONY += uImage
+uImage: $(uimage-default-y)
+	@ln -sf $< $(boot)/uImage
+	@$(kecho) '  Image $(boot)/uImage is ready'
+
+CLEAN_FILES += $(boot)/uImage
+
 archclean:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=$(boot)
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/Makefile b/arch/arc/boot/Makefile
index 538b92f4dd25..5648748c285f 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-targets := vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz uImage
 
 # uImage build relies on mkimage being availble on your host for ARC target
 # You will need to build u-boot for ARC, rename mkimage to arc-elf32-mkimage
@@ -7,23 +6,18 @@ targets := vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz uImage
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS= -O binary -R .note -R .note.gnu.build-id -R .comment -S
 
-LINUX_START_TEXT = $$(readelf -h vmlinux | \
+LINUX_START_TEXT = $$($(READELF) -h vmlinux | \
 			grep "Entry point address" | grep -o 0x.*)
 
 UIMAGE_LOADADDR    = $(CONFIG_LINUX_LINK_BASE)
 UIMAGE_ENTRYADDR   = $(LINUX_START_TEXT)
 
-suffix-y := bin
-suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP)	:= gz
-suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA)	:= lzma
-
-targets += uImage
+targets += vmlinux.bin
+targets += vmlinux.bin.gz
+targets += vmlinux.bin.lzma
 targets += uImage.bin
 targets += uImage.gz
 targets += uImage.lzma
-extra-y += vmlinux.bin
-extra-y += vmlinux.bin.gz
-extra-y += vmlinux.bin.lzma
 
 $(obj)/vmlinux.bin: vmlinux FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
@@ -42,7 +36,3 @@ $(obj)/uImage.gz: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz FORCE
 
 $(obj)/uImage.lzma: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.lzma FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,uimage,lzma)
-
-$(obj)/uImage: $(obj)/uImage.$(suffix-y)
-	@ln -sf $(notdir $<) $@
-	@echo '  Image $@ is ready'