diff --git a/make/make.darwin.arm64.gnu b/make/make.darwin.arm64.gnu
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b137891..00000000
--- a/make/make.darwin.arm64.gnu
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/make/make.darwin.arm64.gnu.dbg b/make/make.darwin.arm64.gnu.dbg
deleted file mode 100644
index 08745ff9..00000000
--- a/make/make.darwin.arm64.gnu.dbg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# note that the local make file is a dummy and is eventually the union of
-# following sub make files
-
-include make/make.$(OSTYPE).$(COMP)
-include make/make.$(OSTYPE).$(COMP).$(OPT)
-include make/make.$(OSTYPE).$(ARCH).$(COMP)
diff --git a/make/make.darwin.arm64.gnu.opt b/make/make.darwin.arm64.gnu.opt
deleted file mode 100644
index 08745ff9..00000000
--- a/make/make.darwin.arm64.gnu.opt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# note that the local make file is a dummy and is eventually the union of
-# following sub make files
-
-include make/make.$(OSTYPE).$(COMP)
-include make/make.$(OSTYPE).$(COMP).$(OPT)
-include make/make.$(OSTYPE).$(ARCH).$(COMP)
diff --git a/make/make.detecthost b/make/make.detecthost
index da894384..f30d5eef 100644
--- a/make/make.detecthost
+++ b/make/make.detecthost
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ ARCH		:=	$(shell uname -m | \
 			-e 's/9000..../hppa/' \
 			-e 's/Power\ Macintosh/ppc/' \
 			-e 's/00........../pwr4/'\
-			-e 's/arm.*/arm/')
+			-e 's/arm.*/arm/' \
+			-e 's/aarch64/arm/')
 OSTYPE		:=	$(shell uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | \
 			sed \
 			-e 's/cygwin.*/cygwin/' \
diff --git a/make/make.linux.armv7l.gnu b/make/make.linux.armv7l.gnu
deleted file mode 100644
index abc85d9f..00000000
--- a/make/make.linux.armv7l.gnu
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-GCCWARN += -Wno-cast-align
diff --git a/make/make.linux.armv7l.gnu.dbg b/make/make.linux.armv7l.gnu.dbg
deleted file mode 100644
index 08745ff9..00000000
--- a/make/make.linux.armv7l.gnu.dbg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# note that the local make file is a dummy and is eventually the union of
-# following sub make files
-
-include make/make.$(OSTYPE).$(COMP)
-include make/make.$(OSTYPE).$(COMP).$(OPT)
-include make/make.$(OSTYPE).$(ARCH).$(COMP)
diff --git a/make/make.linux.armv7l.gnu.opt b/make/make.linux.armv7l.gnu.opt
deleted file mode 100644
index 08745ff9..00000000
--- a/make/make.linux.armv7l.gnu.opt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# note that the local make file is a dummy and is eventually the union of
-# following sub make files
-
-include make/make.$(OSTYPE).$(COMP)
-include make/make.$(OSTYPE).$(COMP).$(OPT)
-include make/make.$(OSTYPE).$(ARCH).$(COMP)