diff --git a/arch/arm/crypto/sha1-armv7-neon.S b/arch/arm/crypto/sha1-armv7-neon.S
index dcd01f3f0bb0..2468fade49cf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/crypto/sha1-armv7-neon.S
+++ b/arch/arm/crypto/sha1-armv7-neon.S
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <asm/assembler.h>
 
 .syntax unified
-.code   32
 .fpu neon
 
 .text