diff --git a/arch/cris/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/cris/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 8fe9338c1775..e4ba0be0e782 100644
--- a/arch/cris/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/cris/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 # arch/cris/boot/compressed/Makefile
 #
 
-asflags-y += $(LINUXINCLUDE)
-ccflags-y += -O2 $(LINUXINCLUDE)
-
 # asflags-$(CONFIG_ETRAX_ARCH_V32) += -I$(srctree)/include/asm/mach \
 # 				    -I$(srctree)/include/asm/arch
 # ccflags-$(CONFIG_ETRAX_ARCH_V32) += -O2 -I$(srctree)/include/asm/mach
diff --git a/arch/cris/boot/rescue/Makefile b/arch/cris/boot/rescue/Makefile
index d98edbb30a18..a82025940006 100644
--- a/arch/cris/boot/rescue/Makefile
+++ b/arch/cris/boot/rescue/Makefile
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 # asflags-y += -I $(srctree)/include/asm/arch/mach/ -I $(srctree)/include/asm/arch
 # LD = gcc-cris -mlinux -march=v32 -nostdlib
 
-asflags-y += $(LINUXINCLUDE)
-ccflags-y += -O2 $(LINUXINCLUDE)
-
 ifdef CONFIG_ETRAX_AXISFLASHMAP
 
 arch-$(CONFIG_ETRAX_ARCH_V10) = v10