diff --git a/newlib/libc/machine/arm/arm_asm.h b/newlib/libc/machine/arm/arm_asm.h
index 1bb5edb23..bf18c0a03 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/machine/arm/arm_asm.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/machine/arm/arm_asm.h
@@ -71,12 +71,6 @@
 #endif
 .endm
 
-.macro optpld	base, offset=#0
-#if defined (_ISA_ARM_7)
-	pld	[\base, \offset]
-#endif
-.endm
-
 #else
 asm(".macro  RETURN	cond=\n\t"
 #if defined (_ISA_ARM_4T) || defined (_ISA_THUMB_1)
@@ -86,13 +80,6 @@ asm(".macro  RETURN	cond=\n\t"
 #endif
     ".endm"
     );
-
-asm(".macro optpld	base, offset=#0\n\t"
-#if defined (_ISA_ARM_7)
-    "pld	[\\base, \\offset]\n\t"
-#endif
-    ".endm"
-    );
 #endif
 
 #endif /* ARM_ASM__H */
diff --git a/newlib/libc/machine/arm/strcpy.c b/newlib/libc/machine/arm/strcpy.c
index b2e3f5177..b90d5cf73 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/machine/arm/strcpy.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/machine/arm/strcpy.c
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ strcpy (char* dst, const char* src)
   asm (
 #if !(defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__) || defined (PREFER_SIZE_OVER_SPEED) || \
       (defined (__thumb__) && !defined (__thumb2__)))
-       "optpld	r1\n\t"
+#ifdef _ISA_ARM_7
+       "pld	r1\n\t"
+#endif
        "eor	r2, r0, r1\n\t"
        "mov	ip, r0\n\t"
        "tst	r2, #3\n\t"
@@ -75,7 +77,9 @@ strcpy (char* dst, const char* src)
 	  load stalls.  */
        ".p2align 2\n"
   "2:\n\t"
-       "optpld	r1, #8\n\t"
+#ifdef _ISA_ARM_7
+       "pld	r1, #8\n\t"
+#endif
        "ldr	r4, [r1], #4\n\t"
        "sub	r2, r3, "magic1(r5)"\n\t"
        "bics	r2, r2, r3\n\t"
diff --git a/newlib/libc/machine/arm/strlen-stub.c b/newlib/libc/machine/arm/strlen-stub.c
index ea45a3789..69cfa3df0 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/machine/arm/strlen-stub.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/machine/arm/strlen-stub.c
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ strlen (const char* str)
        "data .req r3\n\t"
        "addr .req r1\n\t"
 
-       "optpld r0\n\t"
+#ifdef _ISA_ARM_7
+       "pld r0\n\t"
+#endif
        /* Word-align address */
        "bic	addr, r0, #3\n\t"
        /* Get adjustment for start ... */
@@ -113,8 +115,8 @@ strlen (const char* str)
        "ldreq	data, [addr], #4\n\t"
        /* and 4 more bytes  */
        "addeq	len, len, #4\n\t"
-	/* If we have PLD, then unroll the loop a bit.  */
-       "optpld addr, #8\n\t"
+	/* Unroll the loop a bit.  */
+       "pld	addr, #8\n\t"
        /*  test (data - 0x01010101)  */
        "ittt	eq\n\t"
        "subeq	r2, data, ip\n\t"