diff --git a/boot/image-fit.c b/boot/image-fit.c
index f57d97f552..df3e5df883 100644
--- a/boot/image-fit.c
+++ b/boot/image-fit.c
@@ -1264,8 +1264,7 @@ int calculate_hash(const void *data, int data_len, const char *name,
 static int fit_image_check_hash(const void *fit, int noffset, const void *data,
 				size_t size, char **err_msgp)
 {
-	DEFINE_ALIGN_BUFFER(uint8_t, value, FIT_MAX_HASH_LEN,
-			    ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN);
+	ALLOC_CACHE_ALIGN_BUFFER(uint8_t, value, FIT_MAX_HASH_LEN);
 	int value_len;
 	const char *algo;
 	uint8_t *fit_value;
diff --git a/tools/mkimage.h b/tools/mkimage.h
index 7652c8b001..f5ca65e2ed 100644
--- a/tools/mkimage.h
+++ b/tools/mkimage.h
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ static inline ulong map_to_sysmem(void *ptr)
 	return (ulong)(uintptr_t)ptr;
 }
 
-#define ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN 1
-#define DEFINE_ALIGN_BUFFER(type, name, size, alugn) type name[size]
+#define ALLOC_CACHE_ALIGN_BUFFER(type, name, size) type name[size]
 
 #define MKIMAGE_TMPFILE_SUFFIX		".tmp"
 #define MKIMAGE_MAX_TMPFILE_LEN		256