diff --git a/config/arch.x86_64 b/config/arch.x86_64
index 3e55616c5e..a7d1b39587 100644
--- a/config/arch.x86_64
+++ b/config/arch.x86_64
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   TARGET_KERNEL_ARCH=x86
 
 # setup ARCH specific *FLAGS
-  TARGET_CFLAGS="-march=$TARGET_CPU -m64"
+  TARGET_CFLAGS="-march=$TARGET_CPU -m64 -mmmx -msse -msse2 -mfpmath=sse"
   TARGET_LDFLAGS="-march=$TARGET_CPU -m64"
 
 # build with SIMD support ( yes / no )
diff --git a/projects/Generic/options b/projects/Generic/options
index d767ec5954..3436208273 100644
--- a/projects/Generic/options
+++ b/projects/Generic/options
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
   # Project CFLAGS
-    PROJECT_CFLAGS="-mmmx -msse -msse2 -mfpmath=sse"
+    PROJECT_CFLAGS=""
 
   # SquashFS compression method (gzip / lzo / xz / zstd)
     SQUASHFS_COMPRESSION="gzip"