diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index c02060f904e..f76ccd6a3b5 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-01-07  James Greenhalgh  <james.greenhalgh@arm.com>
+
+	* config/aarch64/aarch64-elf.h (ASM_SPEC): Remove identity spec for
+	-mcpu.
+
 2014-01-07  Yufeng Zhang  <yufeng.zhang@arm.com>
 
 	* config/arm/arm.c (arm_expand_neon_args): Call expand_expr
diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-elf.h b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-elf.h
index 7bcdc13d140..15ab630de88 100644
--- a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-elf.h
+++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-elf.h
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@
 #define ASM_SPEC "\
 %{mbig-endian:-EB} \
 %{mlittle-endian:-EL} \
-%{mcpu=*:-mcpu=%*} \
 %{march=*:-march=%*} \
 %(asm_cpu_spec)" \
 ASM_MABI_SPEC