diff --git a/tools/configure b/tools/configure
index 571cc8de6b..201a816e06 100755
--- a/tools/configure
+++ b/tools/configure
@@ -4773,10 +4773,6 @@ if [ -z "$arch" ]; then
         # cpp defines like "#define __ARM_ARCH_8A__ 1" (where we want to extract the 8)
         arch_version="$(echo $cpp_defines | tr ' ' '\012' | grep __ARM_ARCH | sed -e 's,.*\([0-9]\).*,\1,' | grep -v __ARM_ARCH | head -1)"
         arch_profile="$(echo "$cpp_defines" | grep 'define __ARM_ARCH_PROFILE' | sed -e 's,.* \([0-9]\+\)$,\1,')"
-	if test "$gccnum" -ge "800"; then
-	    # GCC8+ can natively emit unified asm syntax
-	    GCCOPTS="$GCCOPTS -masm-syntax-unified"
-	fi
         case "$arch_profile" in
             65) # Cortex-A
                 arch_profile=application