diff --git a/arch/arc/Makefile b/arch/arc/Makefile
index 6c1b20dd76ad..16ae8675116e 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arc/Makefile
@@ -20,20 +20,6 @@ cflags-y	+= -fno-common -pipe -fno-builtin -mmedium-calls -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