diff --git a/README b/README
index 49bf7dad9625d4350e7ac0e39873d460afc7e67c..d5ef598234bfd00d2a3d9bf438755eeb28ca1541 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ COMPILING THE APPLICATIONS/LIBRARIES:
     armv6-darwin-gcc
     armv6-linux-rvct
     armv6-linux-gcc
-    iwmmxt-linux-rvct
-    iwmmxt-linux-gcc
-    iwmmxt2-linux-rvct
-    iwmmxt2-linux-gcc
     armv7-linux-rvct
     armv7-linux-gcc
     mips32-linux-gcc
diff --git a/build/make/configure.sh b/build/make/configure.sh
index 7a84c013c95d07bc12b32f48107079608f31e251..6039a50664776a0bad96adaea86666a3d697de3c 100755
--- a/build/make/configure.sh
+++ b/build/make/configure.sh
@@ -603,8 +603,8 @@ process_common_toolchain() {
 
     # Enable the architecture family
     case ${tgt_isa} in
-        arm*|iwmmxt*) enable arm;;
-    mips*)        enable mips;;
+        arm*) enable arm;;
+        mips*) enable mips;;
     esac
 
     # PIC is probably what we want when building shared libs
@@ -665,35 +665,25 @@ process_common_toolchain() {
 
     # Process ARM architecture variants
     case ${toolchain} in
-    arm*|iwmmxt*)
-    # on arm, isa versions are supersets
-    enabled armv7a && soft_enable armv7 ### DEBUG
-    enabled armv7 && soft_enable armv6
-    enabled armv7 || enabled armv6 && soft_enable armv5te
-    enabled armv7 || enabled armv6 && soft_enable fast_unaligned
-    enabled iwmmxt2 && soft_enable iwmmxt
-    enabled iwmmxt && soft_enable armv5te
+    arm*)
+        # on arm, isa versions are supersets
+        enabled armv7a && soft_enable armv7 ### DEBUG
+        enabled armv7 && soft_enable armv6
+        enabled armv7 || enabled armv6 && soft_enable armv5te
+        enabled armv7 || enabled armv6 && soft_enable fast_unaligned
 
-    asm_conversion_cmd="cat"
+        asm_conversion_cmd="cat"
 
         case ${tgt_cc} in
         gcc)
-            if enabled iwmmxt || enabled iwmmxt2
-            then
-                CROSS=${CROSS:-arm-iwmmxt-linux-gnueabi-}
-            else
-                CROSS=${CROSS:-arm-none-linux-gnueabi-}
-            fi
+            CROSS=${CROSS:-arm-none-linux-gnueabi-}
             link_with_cc=gcc
             setup_gnu_toolchain
             arch_int=${tgt_isa##armv}
             arch_int=${arch_int%%te}
             check_add_asflags --defsym ARCHITECTURE=${arch_int}
             tune_cflags="-mtune="
-            if enabled iwmmxt || enabled iwmmxt2
-            then
-                check_add_asflags -mcpu=${tgt_isa}
-            elif enabled armv7
+            if enabled armv7
             then
                 check_add_cflags -march=armv7-a -mcpu=cortex-a8 -mfpu=neon -mfloat-abi=softfp  #-ftree-vectorize
                 check_add_asflags -mcpu=cortex-a8 -mfpu=neon -mfloat-abi=softfp  #-march=armv7-a
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3e87f3903aee73a61f44e049c8bb411e33ed6c0d..68708907bfc8308e66ed8750a2a1e798ec75e8f7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@ all_platforms="${all_platforms} armv6-darwin-gcc"
 all_platforms="${all_platforms} armv6-linux-rvct"
 all_platforms="${all_platforms} armv6-linux-gcc"
 all_platforms="${all_platforms} armv6-none-rvct"
-all_platforms="${all_platforms} iwmmxt-linux-rvct"
-all_platforms="${all_platforms} iwmmxt-linux-gcc"
-all_platforms="${all_platforms} iwmmxt2-linux-rvct"
-all_platforms="${all_platforms} iwmmxt2-linux-gcc"
 all_platforms="${all_platforms} armv7-darwin-gcc"    #neon Cortex-A8
 all_platforms="${all_platforms} armv7-linux-rvct"    #neon Cortex-A8
 all_platforms="${all_platforms} armv7-linux-gcc"     #neon Cortex-A8
@@ -196,8 +192,6 @@ ARCH_EXT_LIST="
     armv5te
     armv6
     armv7
-    iwmmxt
-    iwmmxt2
 
     mips32