diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-aarch64.h b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-aarch64.h
index 4d263661411f..f480993159ec 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-aarch64.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-aarch64.h
@@ -7,18 +7,6 @@
 #ifndef _NOLIBC_ARCH_AARCH64_H
 #define _NOLIBC_ARCH_AARCH64_H
 
-/* O_* macros for fcntl/open are architecture-specific */
-#define O_RDONLY            0
-#define O_WRONLY            1
-#define O_RDWR              2
-#define O_CREAT          0x40
-#define O_EXCL           0x80
-#define O_NOCTTY        0x100
-#define O_TRUNC         0x200
-#define O_APPEND        0x400
-#define O_NONBLOCK      0x800
-#define O_DIRECTORY    0x4000
-
 /* The struct returned by the newfstatat() syscall. Differs slightly from the
  * x86_64's stat one by field ordering, so be careful.
  */
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-arm.h b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-arm.h
index ef94df2d93d5..48bd95492c87 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-arm.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-arm.h
@@ -7,18 +7,6 @@
 #ifndef _NOLIBC_ARCH_ARM_H
 #define _NOLIBC_ARCH_ARM_H
 
-/* O_* macros for fcntl/open are architecture-specific */
-#define O_RDONLY            0
-#define O_WRONLY            1
-#define O_RDWR              2
-#define O_CREAT          0x40
-#define O_EXCL           0x80
-#define O_NOCTTY        0x100
-#define O_TRUNC         0x200
-#define O_APPEND        0x400
-#define O_NONBLOCK      0x800
-#define O_DIRECTORY    0x4000
-
 /* The struct returned by the stat() syscall, 32-bit only, the syscall returns
  * exactly 56 bytes (stops before the unused array). In big endian, the format
  * differs as devices are returned as short only.
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-i386.h b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-i386.h
index b1bed2d87f74..ef2a836ee667 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-i386.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-i386.h
@@ -7,18 +7,6 @@
 #ifndef _NOLIBC_ARCH_I386_H
 #define _NOLIBC_ARCH_I386_H
 
-/* O_* macros for fcntl/open are architecture-specific */
-#define O_RDONLY            0
-#define O_WRONLY            1
-#define O_RDWR              2
-#define O_CREAT          0x40
-#define O_EXCL           0x80
-#define O_NOCTTY        0x100
-#define O_TRUNC         0x200
-#define O_APPEND        0x400
-#define O_NONBLOCK      0x800
-#define O_DIRECTORY   0x10000
-
 /* The struct returned by the stat() syscall, 32-bit only, the syscall returns
  * exactly 56 bytes (stops before the unused array).
  */
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-mips.h b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-mips.h
index 11270ef25ea5..a3764f6d267e 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-mips.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-mips.h
@@ -7,18 +7,6 @@
 #ifndef _NOLIBC_ARCH_MIPS_H
 #define _NOLIBC_ARCH_MIPS_H
 
-/* O_* macros for fcntl/open are architecture-specific */
-#define O_RDONLY            0
-#define O_WRONLY            1
-#define O_RDWR              2
-#define O_APPEND       0x0008
-#define O_NONBLOCK     0x0080
-#define O_CREAT        0x0100
-#define O_TRUNC        0x0200
-#define O_EXCL         0x0400
-#define O_NOCTTY       0x0800
-#define O_DIRECTORY   0x10000
-
 /* The struct returned by the stat() syscall. 88 bytes are returned by the
  * syscall.
  */
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-riscv.h b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-riscv.h
index bee769e6885c..c2b5db383d96 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-riscv.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-riscv.h
@@ -7,18 +7,6 @@
 #ifndef _NOLIBC_ARCH_RISCV_H
 #define _NOLIBC_ARCH_RISCV_H
 
-/* O_* macros for fcntl/open are architecture-specific */
-#define O_RDONLY            0
-#define O_WRONLY            1
-#define O_RDWR              2
-#define O_CREAT          0x40
-#define O_EXCL           0x80
-#define O_NOCTTY        0x100
-#define O_TRUNC         0x200
-#define O_APPEND        0x400
-#define O_NONBLOCK      0x800
-#define O_DIRECTORY   0x10000
-
 struct sys_stat_struct {
 	unsigned long	st_dev;		/* Device.  */
 	unsigned long	st_ino;		/* File serial number.  */
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-s390.h b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-s390.h
index 2c0b8847c050..b58f64d47b82 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-s390.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-s390.h
@@ -7,18 +7,6 @@
 #define _NOLIBC_ARCH_S390_H
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 
-/* O_* macros for fcntl/open are architecture-specific */
-#define O_RDONLY            0
-#define O_WRONLY            1
-#define O_RDWR              2
-#define O_CREAT          0x40
-#define O_EXCL           0x80
-#define O_NOCTTY        0x100
-#define O_TRUNC         0x200
-#define O_APPEND        0x400
-#define O_NONBLOCK      0x800
-#define O_DIRECTORY   0x10000
-
 /* The struct returned by the stat() syscall, equivalent to stat64(). The
  * syscall returns 116 bytes and stops in the middle of __unused.
  */
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-x86_64.h b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-x86_64.h
index c70a84612a9e..8d482505c347 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-x86_64.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-x86_64.h
@@ -7,18 +7,6 @@
 #ifndef _NOLIBC_ARCH_X86_64_H
 #define _NOLIBC_ARCH_X86_64_H
 
-/* O_* macros for fcntl/open are architecture-specific */
-#define O_RDONLY            0
-#define O_WRONLY            1
-#define O_RDWR              2
-#define O_CREAT          0x40
-#define O_EXCL           0x80
-#define O_NOCTTY        0x100
-#define O_TRUNC         0x200
-#define O_APPEND        0x400
-#define O_NONBLOCK      0x800
-#define O_DIRECTORY   0x10000
-
 /* The struct returned by the stat() syscall, equivalent to stat64(). The
  * syscall returns 116 bytes and stops in the middle of __unused.
  */
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h b/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h
index a42d7c405bdc..47bf67668860 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "std.h"
 
 /* system includes */
+#include <asm/fcntl.h>   // for O_*
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 #include <asm/signal.h>  // for SIGCHLD
 #include <asm/ioctls.h>