diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_tools/auto-host.h b/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_tools/auto-host.h
index 47dc49e0bc87..0ed3e972c58f 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_tools/auto-host.h
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_tools/auto-host.h
@@ -289,8 +289,10 @@
 
 /* Define if your assembler supports thread-local storage. */
 #ifndef USED_FOR_TARGET
+#if !defined(__sparc64__) && !defined(__arm__)
 #define HAVE_AS_TLS 1
 #endif
+#endif
 
 
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `atoll' function. */