diff --git a/app/test/test_cpuflags.c b/app/test/test_cpuflags.c
index 06718631f..2efa9545d 100644
--- a/app/test/test_cpuflags.c
+++ b/app/test/test_cpuflags.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ test_cpuflags(void)
 	CHECK_FOR_FLAG(RTE_CPUFLAG_ICACHE_SNOOP);
 #endif
 
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM) && defined(RTE_ARCH_32)
 	printf("Check for NEON:\t\t");
 	CHECK_FOR_FLAG(RTE_CPUFLAG_NEON);
 #endif
diff --git a/app/test/test_xmmt_ops.h b/app/test/test_xmmt_ops.h
index 8bcf0b261..3a82d5eca 100644
--- a/app/test/test_xmmt_ops.h
+++ b/app/test/test_xmmt_ops.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <rte_vect.h>
 
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM) || defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM)
 
 /* vect_* abstraction implementation using NEON */
 
diff --git a/config/arm/meson.build b/config/arm/meson.build
index 8728051d5..c7ec8cace 100644
--- a/config/arm/meson.build
+++ b/config/arm/meson.build
@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ impl_0x56 = ['Marvell ARMADA', flags_armada, machine_args_generic]
 impl_0x69 = ['Intel', flags_generic, machine_args_generic]
 impl_dpaa = ['NXP DPAA', flags_dpaa, machine_args_generic]
 
+dpdk_conf.set('RTE_ARCH_ARM', 1)
 dpdk_conf.set('RTE_FORCE_INTRINSICS', 1)
 
-if not dpdk_conf.get('RTE_ARCH_64')
+if dpdk_conf.get('RTE_ARCH_32')
 	dpdk_conf.set('RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE', 64)
-	dpdk_conf.set('RTE_ARCH_ARM', 1)
 	dpdk_conf.set('RTE_ARCH_ARMv7', 1)
 	# the minimum architecture supported, armv7-a, needs the following,
 	# mk/machine/armv7a/rte.vars.mk sets it too
diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build
index cff8b33dd..617d13b4c 100644
--- a/config/meson.build
+++ b/config/meson.build
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ dpdk_conf.set_quoted('RTE_TOOLCHAIN', toolchain)
 dpdk_conf.set('RTE_TOOLCHAIN_' + toolchain.to_upper(), 1)
 
 dpdk_conf.set('RTE_ARCH_64', cc.sizeof('void *') == 8)
+dpdk_conf.set('RTE_ARCH_32', cc.sizeof('void *') == 4)
 
 if not is_windows
 	add_project_link_arguments('-Wl,--no-as-needed', language: 'c')
diff --git a/drivers/bus/fslmc/qbman/qbman_sys_decl.h b/drivers/bus/fslmc/qbman/qbman_sys_decl.h
index a29f5b469..caaae4177 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/fslmc/qbman/qbman_sys_decl.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/fslmc/qbman/qbman_sys_decl.h
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 	/****************/
 	/* arch assists */
 	/****************/
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_64)
 #define dcbz(p) { asm volatile("dc zva, %0" : : "r" (p) : "memory"); }
 #define lwsync() { asm volatile("dmb st" : : : "memory"); }
 #define dcbf(p) { asm volatile("dc cvac, %0" : : "r"(p) : "memory"); }
@@ -32,14 +33,14 @@ static inline void prefetch_for_store(void *p)
 {
 	asm volatile("prfm pstl1keep, [%0, #0]" : : "r" (p));
 }
-#elif defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM)
+#else /* RTE_ARCH_32 */
 #define dcbz(p) memset(p, 0, 64)
 #define lwsync() { asm volatile("dmb st" : : : "memory"); }
 #define dcbf(p)	RTE_SET_USED(p)
 #define dccivac(p)	RTE_SET_USED(p)
 #define prefetch_for_load(p) { asm volatile ("pld [%0]" : : "r" (p)); }
 #define prefetch_for_store(p) { asm volatile ("pld [%0]" : : "r" (p)); }
-
+#endif
 #else
 #define dcbz(p)	RTE_SET_USED(p)
 #define lwsync()
diff --git a/drivers/common/dpaax/compat.h b/drivers/common/dpaax/compat.h
index 6793cb256..1a5f36e99 100644
--- a/drivers/common/dpaax/compat.h
+++ b/drivers/common/dpaax/compat.h
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ static inline void out_be32(volatile void *__p, u32 val)
 #define dcbt_ro(p) __builtin_prefetch(p, 0)
 #define dcbt_rw(p) __builtin_prefetch(p, 1)
 
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_64)
 #define dcbz(p) { asm volatile("dc zva, %0" : : "r" (p) : "memory"); }
 #define dcbz_64(p) dcbz(p)
 #define dcbf(p) { asm volatile("dc cvac, %0" : : "r"(p) : "memory"); }
@@ -163,13 +164,14 @@ static inline void out_be32(volatile void *__p, u32 val)
 		asm volatile("prfm pldl1keep, [%0, #64]" : : "r" (p));	\
 	} while (0)
 
-#elif defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM)
+#else /* RTE_ARCH_32 */
 #define dcbz(p) memset((p), 0, 32)
 #define dcbz_64(p) memset((p), 0, 64)
 #define dcbf(p)	RTE_SET_USED(p)
 #define dcbf_64(p) dcbf(p)
 #define dccivac(p)	RTE_SET_USED(p)
 #define dcbit_ro(p)	RTE_SET_USED(p)
+#endif
 
 #else
 #define dcbz(p)	RTE_SET_USED(p)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.h
index 7e09291b2..0b5589ef4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 #define RTE_IXGBE_DESCS_PER_LOOP    4
 
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) || defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64) || defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) || defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM)
 #define RTE_IXGBE_RXQ_REARM_THRESH      32
 #define RTE_IXGBE_MAX_RX_BURST          RTE_IXGBE_RXQ_REARM_THRESH
 #endif
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ struct ixgbe_rx_queue {
 	uint8_t            using_ipsec;
 	/**< indicates that IPsec RX feature is in use */
 #endif
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) || defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64) || defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) || defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM)
 	uint16_t            rxrearm_nb;     /**< number of remaining to be re-armed */
 	uint16_t            rxrearm_start;  /**< the idx we start the re-arming from */
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
index dc0093bdf..405e9f608 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
@@ -2337,7 +2337,7 @@ virtio_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		}
 
 		if (hw->use_vec_rx) {
-#if defined RTE_ARCH_ARM64 || defined RTE_ARCH_ARM
+#if defined RTE_ARCH_ARM
 			if (!rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_NEON)) {
 				PMD_DRV_LOG(INFO,
 					"disabled split ring vectorized path for requirement not met");
diff --git a/lib/librte_acl/meson.build b/lib/librte_acl/meson.build
index d1e2c184c..eadc17757 100644
--- a/lib/librte_acl/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_acl/meson.build
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if dpdk_conf.has('RTE_ARCH_X86')
 		cflags += '-DCC_AVX2_SUPPORT'
 	endif
 
-elif dpdk_conf.has('RTE_ARCH_ARM') or dpdk_conf.has('RTE_ARCH_ARM64')
+elif dpdk_conf.has('RTE_ARCH_ARM')
 	cflags += '-flax-vector-conversions'
 	sources += files('acl_run_neon.c')
 elif dpdk_conf.has('RTE_ARCH_PPC_64')
diff --git a/lib/librte_acl/rte_acl.c b/lib/librte_acl/rte_acl.c
index 777ec4d34..e2c1ed4ad 100644
--- a/lib/librte_acl/rte_acl.c
+++ b/lib/librte_acl/rte_acl.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ rte_acl_classify_sse(__rte_unused const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx,
 #endif
 
 #ifndef RTE_ARCH_ARM
-#ifndef RTE_ARCH_ARM64
 int
 rte_acl_classify_neon(__rte_unused const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx,
 	__rte_unused const uint8_t **data,
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ rte_acl_classify_neon(__rte_unused const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx,
 	return -ENOTSUP;
 }
 #endif
-#endif
 
 #ifndef RTE_ARCH_PPC_64
 int
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/rte_vect.h b/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/rte_vect.h
index 01c51712a..f6a455b4e 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/rte_vect.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/rte_vect.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ typedef union rte_xmm {
 	double   pd[XMM_SIZE / sizeof(double)];
 } __rte_aligned(16) rte_xmm_t;
 
-#ifdef RTE_ARCH_ARM
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM) && defined(RTE_ARCH_32)
 /* NEON intrinsic vqtbl1q_u8() is not supported in ARMv7-A(AArch32) */
 static __inline uint8x16_t
 vqtbl1q_u8(uint8x16_t a, uint8x16_t b)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ vaddvq_u16(uint16x8_t a)
 
 #endif
 
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM) || \
+#if (defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM) && defined(RTE_ARCH_32)) || \
 (defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64) && RTE_CC_IS_GNU && (GCC_VERSION < 70000))
 /* NEON intrinsic vcopyq_laneq_u32() is not supported in ARMv7-A(AArch32)
  * On AArch64, this intrinsic is supported since GCC version 7.
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h
index 13f93388a..de627c762 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #include "eal_thread.h"
 
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM) || defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM)
 #define MAX_HUGEPAGE_SIZES 4  /**< support up to 4 page sizes */
 #else
 #define MAX_HUGEPAGE_SIZES 3  /**< support up to 3 page sizes */
diff --git a/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.h b/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.h
index 03da2d37e..5b3b7b5b5 100644
--- a/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.h
+++ b/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.h
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static inline void
 rte_lpm_lookupx4(const struct rte_lpm *lpm, xmm_t ip, uint32_t hop[4],
 	uint32_t defv);
 
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM) || defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM)
 #include "rte_lpm_neon.h"
 #elif defined(RTE_ARCH_PPC_64)
 #include "rte_lpm_altivec.h"
