diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk b/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk
--- a/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@
 _CPUCFLAGS = -mfloat-abi=softfp
 .  elif ${CPUTYPE} == "cortexa"
 _CPUCFLAGS = -march=armv7 -mfpu=vfp
-.  elif ${CPUTYPE:Marmv[4567]*} != ""
+.  elif ${CPUTYPE:Marmv[67]*} != ""
 # Handle all the armvX types that FreeBSD runs:
-#	armv4, armv4t, armv5, armv5te, armv6, armv6t2, armv7, armv7-a, armv7ve
+#	armv6, armv6t2, armv7, armv7-a, armv7ve
 # they require -march=. All the others require -mcpu=.
 _CPUCFLAGS = -march=${CPUTYPE}
 .  else
@@ -292,17 +292,11 @@
 . if ${MACHINE_ARCH:Marmv7*} != ""
 MACHINE_CPU += armv7
 . endif
-# armv6 and armv7 are a hybrid. It can use the softfp ABI, but doesn't emulate
-# floating point in the general case, so don't define softfp for it at this
-# time. arm is pure softfp, so define it for them.
-. if ${MACHINE_ARCH:Marmv[67]*} == ""
-MACHINE_CPU += softfp
-. endif
 # Normally armv6 and armv7 are hard float ABI from FreeBSD 11 onwards. However
 # when CPUTYPE has 'soft' in it, we use the soft-float ABI to allow building of
 # soft-float ABI libraries. In this case, we have to add the -mfloat-abi=softfp
 # to force that.
-. if ${MACHINE_ARCH:Marmv[67]*} && defined(CPUTYPE) && ${CPUTYPE:M*soft*} != ""
+. if defined(CPUTYPE) && ${CPUTYPE:M*soft*} != ""
 # Needs to be CFLAGS not _CPUCFLAGS because it's needed for the ABI
 # not a nice optimization. Please note: softfp ABI uses hardware floating
 # instructions, but passes arguments to function calls in integer regsiters.