diff --git a/README b/README
index ebfdced4a72..ff053413771 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -351,10 +351,6 @@ The following options need to be configured:
 		clocks to the sysclock, ddrclock and usbclock.
 
 - Generic CPU options:
-		CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-
-		Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
-		values is arch specific.
 
 		CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR
 		Freescale DDR driver in use. This type of DDR controller is
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 6495e780fec..c4dc47dccb4 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ config ARC
 	select SUPPORT_OF_CONTROL
 	select SYS_CACHE_SHIFT_7
 	select TIMER
+	select SYS_BIG_ENDIAN if CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
+	select SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN if !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
 
 config ARM
 	bool "ARM architecture"
diff --git a/arch/arc/config.mk b/arch/arc/config.mk
index 118472b2d0b..2b70945ac34 100644
--- a/arch/arc/config.mk
+++ b/arch/arc/config.mk
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2013-2014 Synopsys, Inc. All rights reserved.
 
-ifndef CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
-CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN = 1
-else
-CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN = 1
-endif
-
 ifdef CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -EL
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -mlittle-endian