diff --git a/scripts/functions b/scripts/functions
index 470a592a..6477eff1 100644
--- a/scripts/functions
+++ b/scripts/functions
@@ -738,9 +738,6 @@ CT_DoBuildTargetTuple() {
         *)      CT_TARGET_SYS=elf;;
     esac
 
-    # Transform the ARCH into a kernel-understandable ARCH
-    CT_KERNEL_ARCH="${CT_ARCH}"
-
     # Set the default values for ARCH, ABI, CPU, TUNE, FPU and FLOAT
     unset CT_ARCH_ARCH_CFLAG CT_ARCH_ABI_CFLAG CT_ARCH_CPU_CFLAG CT_ARCH_TUNE_CFLAG CT_ARCH_FPU_CFLAG CT_ARCH_FLOAT_CFLAG
     unset CT_ARCH_WITH_ARCH CT_ARCH_WITH_ABI CT_ARCH_WITH_CPU CT_ARCH_WITH_TUNE CT_ARCH_WITH_FPU CT_ARCH_WITH_FLOAT