diff --git a/cmake/flags.cmake b/cmake/flags.cmake
index f55ddcdc..8f5c9cb0 100644
--- a/cmake/flags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/flags.cmake
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES GNU)
         set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${ARM8_CXX_FLAGS}")
         set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${ARM8_CXX_FLAGS} -flax-vector-conversions")
     elseif (ARM_TARGET EQUAL 7)
-        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -march=armv7-a -mfpu=neon")
-        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -march=armv7-a -mfpu=neon -flax-vector-conversions")
+        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -mcpu=native -mfpu=neon")
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -mcpu=native -mfpu=neon -flax-vector-conversions")
     else()
         set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -maes")
         set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -maes")
diff --git a/src/crypto/cn/sse2neon.h b/src/crypto/cn/sse2neon.h
index 8d605973..85b83b9d 100644
--- a/src/crypto/cn/sse2neon.h
+++ b/src/crypto/cn/sse2neon.h
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ FORCE_INLINE void _sse2neon_smp_mb(void)
 /* Architecture-specific build options */
 /* FIXME: #pragma GCC push_options is only available on GCC */
 #if defined(__GNUC__)
-#if defined(__arm__) && __ARM_ARCH == 7
+#if defined(__arm__)
 /* According to ARM C Language Extensions Architecture specification,
  * __ARM_NEON is defined to a value indicating the Advanced SIMD (NEON)
  * architecture supported.