diff --git a/lib/libc/arm/string/ffs.S b/lib/libc/arm/string/ffs.S
--- a/lib/libc/arm/string/ffs.S
+++ b/lib/libc/arm/string/ffs.S
@@ -48,38 +48,10 @@
 	/* Standard trick to isolate bottom bit in r0 or 0 if r0 = 0 on entry */
  	rsb     r1, r0, #0
  	ands    r0, r0, r1
-#ifndef _ARM_ARCH_5
-	/*
-	 * now r0 has at most one set bit, call this X
-	 * if X = 0, all further instructions are skipped
-	 */
-	adrne   r2, .L_ffs_table
-	orrne   r0, r0, r0, lsl #4  /* r0 = X * 0x11 */ 
-	orrne   r0, r0, r0, lsl #6  /* r0 = X * 0x451 */
-	rsbne   r0, r0, r0, lsl #16 /* r0 = X * 0x0450fbaf */
-              
-	/* now lookup in table indexed on top 6 bits of r0 */
-	ldrbne  r0, [ r2, r0, lsr #26 ]
-
-        RET
-.text;
-.type .L_ffs_table, _ASM_TYPE_OBJECT;
-.L_ffs_table:
-/*               0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7           */
-	.byte	 0,  1,  2, 13,  3,  7,  0, 14  /*  0- 7 */
-	.byte	 4,  0,  8,  0,  0,  0,  0, 15  /*  8-15 */
-	.byte	11,  5,  0,  0,  9,  0,  0, 26  /* 16-23 */
-	.byte	 0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 22, 28, 16  /* 24-31 */
-	.byte	32, 12,  6,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0	/* 32-39 */
-	.byte	10,  0,  0, 25,  0,  0, 21, 27  /* 40-47 */
-	.byte	31,  0,  0,  0,  0, 24,  0, 20  /* 48-55 */
-	.byte   30,  0, 23, 19, 29, 18, 17,  0  /* 56-63 */
-#else
 	itt	ne
 	clzne	r0, r0
 	rsbne	r0, r0, #32
 	RET
-#endif
 END(ffs)
 
 	.section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits
diff --git a/lib/libc/arm/string/memset.S b/lib/libc/arm/string/memset.S
--- a/lib/libc/arm/string/memset.S
+++ b/lib/libc/arm/string/memset.S
@@ -105,20 +105,14 @@
 #ifndef _BZERO
 	orr	r3, r3, r3, lsl #8	/* Extend value to 16-bits */
 #endif
-#ifdef _ARM_ARCH_5E
 	tst	ip, #0x04		/* Quad-align for armv5e */
-#else
-	cmp	r1, #0x10
-#endif
 #ifndef _BZERO
 	orr	r3, r3, r3, lsl #16	/* Extend value to 32-bits */
 #endif
-#ifdef _ARM_ARCH_5E
 	itt	ne
 	subne	r1, r1, #0x04		/* Quad-align if necessary */
 	strne	r3, [ip], #0x04
 	cmp	r1, #0x10
-#endif
 	blt	.Lmemset_loop4		/* If less than 16 then use words */
 	mov	r2, r3			/* Duplicate data */
 	cmp	r1, #0x80		/* If < 128 then skip the big loop */
@@ -127,7 +121,6 @@
 	/* Do 128 bytes at a time */
 .Lmemset_loop128:
 	subs	r1, r1, #0x80
-#ifdef _ARM_ARCH_5E
 	itttt	ge
 	strdge	r2, [ip], #0x08
 	strdge	r2, [ip], #0x08
@@ -148,24 +141,6 @@
 	strdge	r2, [ip], #0x08
 	strdge	r2, [ip], #0x08
 	strdge	r2, [ip], #0x08
-#else
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-#endif
 	bgt	.Lmemset_loop128
 	it	eq
 	RETeq			/* Zero length so just exit */
@@ -176,17 +151,10 @@
 .Lmemset_loop32:
 	subs	r1, r1, #0x20
 	itttt	ge
-#ifdef _ARM_ARCH_5E
 	strdge	r2, [ip], #0x08
 	strdge	r2, [ip], #0x08
 	strdge	r2, [ip], #0x08
 	strdge	r2, [ip], #0x08
-#else
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-#endif
 	bgt	.Lmemset_loop32
 	it	eq
 	RETeq			/* Zero length so just exit */
@@ -195,13 +163,8 @@
 
 	/* Deal with 16 bytes or more */
 	itt	ge
-#ifdef _ARM_ARCH_5E
 	strdge	r2, [ip], #0x08
 	strdge	r2, [ip], #0x08
-#else
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-	stmiage	ip!, {r2-r3}
-#endif
 	it	eq
 	RETeq			/* Zero length so just exit */
 
@@ -217,15 +180,11 @@
 	it	eq
 	RETeq			/* Zero length so just exit */
 
-#ifdef _ARM_ARCH_5E
 	/* Compensate for 64-bit alignment check */
 	adds	r1, r1, #0x04
 	it	eq
 	RETeq
 	cmp	r1, #2
-#else
-	cmp	r1, #-2
-#endif
 
 	strb	r3, [ip], #0x01		/* Set 1 byte */
 	it	ge
diff --git a/stand/arm/uboot/start.S b/stand/arm/uboot/start.S
--- a/stand/arm/uboot/start.S
+++ b/stand/arm/uboot/start.S
@@ -39,12 +39,10 @@
 	.globl	_start
 _start:
 
-#ifdef _ARM_ARCH_6
 	mrc     p15, 0, ip, c1, c0, 0
 	orr	ip, ip, #(CPU_CONTROL_UNAL_ENABLE)
 	orr	ip, ip, #(CPU_CONTROL_AFLT_ENABLE)
 	mcr     p15, 0, ip, c1, c0, 0
-#endif
 
 	/* Save the arguments and return register before calling self_reloc */
 	push	{r0, r1, r9, lr}
diff --git a/sys/arm/arm/machdep.c b/sys/arm/arm/machdep.c
--- a/sys/arm/arm/machdep.c
+++ b/sys/arm/arm/machdep.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 #endif
 
 
-#ifndef _ARM_ARCH_6
+#if __ARM_ARCH < 6
 #error FreeBSD requires ARMv6 or later
 #endif
 
diff --git a/sys/libkern/arm/ffs.S b/sys/libkern/arm/ffs.S
--- a/sys/libkern/arm/ffs.S
+++ b/sys/libkern/arm/ffs.S
@@ -51,37 +51,8 @@
 	/* Standard trick to isolate bottom bit in r0 or 0 if r0 = 0 on entry */
  	rsb     r1, r0, #0
  	ands    r0, r0, r1
-#ifndef _ARM_ARCH_5
-	
-	/*
-	 * now r0 has at most one set bit, call this X
-	 * if X = 0, all further instructions are skipped
-	 */
-	adrne   r2, .L_ffs_table
-	orrne   r0, r0, r0, lsl #4  /* r0 = X * 0x11 */ 
-	orrne   r0, r0, r0, lsl #6  /* r0 = X * 0x451 */
-	rsbne   r0, r0, r0, lsl #16 /* r0 = X * 0x0450fbaf */
-              
-	/* now lookup in table indexed on top 6 bits of r0 */
-	ldrbne  r0, [ r2, r0, lsr #26 ]
-
-	RET
-.text;
-.type .L_ffs_table, _ASM_TYPE_OBJECT;
-.L_ffs_table:
-/*               0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7           */
-	.byte	 0,  1,  2, 13,  3,  7,  0, 14  /*  0- 7 */
-	.byte	 4,  0,  8,  0,  0,  0,  0, 15  /*  8-15 */
-	.byte	11,  5,  0,  0,  9,  0,  0, 26  /* 16-23 */
-	.byte	 0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 22, 28, 16  /* 24-31 */
-	.byte	32, 12,  6,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0	/* 32-39 */
-	.byte	10,  0,  0, 25,  0,  0, 21, 27  /* 40-47 */
-	.byte	31,  0,  0,  0,  0, 24,  0, 20  /* 48-55 */
-	.byte   30,  0, 23, 19, 29, 18, 17,  0  /* 56-63 */
-#else
 	clzne	r0, r0
 	rsbne	r0, r0, #32
 	RET
-#endif
 END(ffs)