diff --git a/tools/depends/configure.ac b/tools/depends/configure.ac
index b1bd2f5e56d2e..957a9e89c9d82 100644
--- a/tools/depends/configure.ac
+++ b/tools/depends/configure.ac
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ case $host in
       use_cpu="armeabi-v7a"
     fi
     use_toolchain="${use_toolchain:-/usr}"
-    platform_cflags="-fPIC -DPIC -march=armv7-a -mtune=cortex-a9 -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=neon"
+    platform_cflags="-fPIC -DPIC -mcpu=cortex-a9 -mtune=cortex-a53 -mfloat-abi=softfp"
     platform_cxxflags="$platform_cflags -static-libstdc++"
     optimize_flags="-Os"
     platform_ldflags="-Wl,-rpath-link=$prefix/$deps_dir/lib"