diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 10ca4d6a35..2d5919aa0b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -557,18 +557,13 @@ def cc_macros(cc=None):
 def is_arch_armv7():
   """Check for ARMv7 instructions"""
   cc_macros_cache = cc_macros()
-  return ('__ARM_ARCH_7__' in cc_macros_cache or
-          '__ARM_ARCH_7A__' in cc_macros_cache or
-          '__ARM_ARCH_7R__' in cc_macros_cache or
-          '__ARM_ARCH_7M__' in cc_macros_cache or
-          '__ARM_ARCH_7S__' in cc_macros_cache)
+  return cc_macros_cache.get('__ARM_ARCH') == '7'
 
 
 def is_arch_armv6():
   """Check for ARMv6 instructions"""
   cc_macros_cache = cc_macros()
-  return ('__ARM_ARCH_6__' in cc_macros_cache or
-          '__ARM_ARCH_6M__' in cc_macros_cache)
+  return cc_macros_cache.get('__ARM_ARCH') == '6'
 
 
 def is_arm_hard_float_abi():