diff --git a/base/linux26/linux-conf.in b/base/linux26/linux-conf.in
index ea11e4a87..8f5e0b9a6 100644
--- a/base/linux26/linux-conf.in
+++ b/base/linux26/linux-conf.in
@@ -24,11 +24,7 @@ done
 [ "$lx_cpu" ] ||
 # powerpc and mips share the same arch for 32/64, maybe more follow
 lx_cpu=`echo $arch | arch2uname | sed -e s/ppc.*/powerpc/ -e s/mips64/mips/`
-lx_arch=`echo $lx_cpu | sed 's/i386/x86/;s/x86_64/x86/;s/ppc.*/powerpc/'`
-lx_subarch=`echo $lx_cpu | sed 's/i.86/i386/;s/sun4u/sparc64/;\
-				s/arm.*/arm/;s/sa110/arm/;\
-				s/s390x/s390/;s/parisc64/parisc/;\
-				s/ppc.*/powerpc/;s/mips.*/mips/'`
+
 lx_extraversion=
 lx_kernelrelease=
 lx_customconf="$base/config/$config/linux.cfg"
@@ -68,11 +64,8 @@ makeopt=
 # we need +1 to really saturate the CPUs during the kernel build
 [ $SDECFG_PARALLEL_MAX -gt 1 ] &&
 	var_append makeopt ' ' -j$(( $SDECFG_PARALLEL_MAX + 1 ))
-if [ $lx_mergedarch = 1 ]; then
-	var_append makeopt ' ' "ARCH=$lx_arch CROSS_COMPILE=$archprefix KCC=$KCC"
-else
-	var_append makeopt ' ' "ARCH=$lx_cpu CROSS_COMPILE=$archprefix KCC=$KCC"
-fi
+
+var_append makeopt ' ' "ARCH=$lx_cpu CROSS_COMPILE=$archprefix KCC=$KCC"
 makeinstopt="$makeopt"
 
 auto_config_merge() {