diff --git a/arch/riscv/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/riscv/purgatory/Makefile
index d16bf715a586b..5730797a6b402 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/purgatory/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/purgatory/Makefile
@@ -84,12 +84,7 @@ CFLAGS_string.o			+= $(PURGATORY_CFLAGS)
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_ctype.o		+= $(PURGATORY_CFLAGS_REMOVE)
 CFLAGS_ctype.o			+= $(PURGATORY_CFLAGS)
 
-AFLAGS_REMOVE_entry.o		+= -Wa,-gdwarf-2
-AFLAGS_REMOVE_memcpy.o		+= -Wa,-gdwarf-2
-AFLAGS_REMOVE_memset.o		+= -Wa,-gdwarf-2
-AFLAGS_REMOVE_strcmp.o		+= -Wa,-gdwarf-2
-AFLAGS_REMOVE_strlen.o		+= -Wa,-gdwarf-2
-AFLAGS_REMOVE_strncmp.o		+= -Wa,-gdwarf-2
+asflags-remove-y		+= $(foreach x, -g -gdwarf-4 -gdwarf-5, $(x) -Wa,$(x))
 
 $(obj)/purgatory.ro: $(PURGATORY_OBJS) FORCE
 		$(call if_changed,ld)
diff --git a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
index 17f09dc263811..82fec66d46d29 100644
--- a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ CFLAGS_sha256.o			+= $(PURGATORY_CFLAGS)
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_string.o		+= $(PURGATORY_CFLAGS_REMOVE)
 CFLAGS_string.o			+= $(PURGATORY_CFLAGS)
 
-AFLAGS_REMOVE_setup-x86_$(BITS).o	+= -Wa,-gdwarf-2
-AFLAGS_REMOVE_entry64.o			+= -Wa,-gdwarf-2
+asflags-remove-y		+= $(foreach x, -g -gdwarf-4 -gdwarf-5, $(x) -Wa,$(x))
 
 $(obj)/purgatory.ro: $(PURGATORY_OBJS) FORCE
 		$(call if_changed,ld)