diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Makefile b/arch/xtensa/Makefile
index 015b6b2..1da55fe 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/Makefile
+++ b/arch/xtensa/Makefile
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -pipe -mlongcalls
 
+vardirs := $(patsubst %,arch/xtensa/variants/%/,$(variant-y))
+plfdirs := $(patsubst %,arch/xtensa/platforms/%/,$(platform-y))
+
+ifeq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
+KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(patsubst %,-I%include,$(vardirs) $(plfdirs))
+else
+KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(patsubst %,-I$(srctree)/%include,$(vardirs) $(plfdirs))
+endif
+
 KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := iss_defconfig
 
 # ramdisk/initrd support
@@ -66,21 +75,6 @@
 
 boot		:= arch/xtensa/boot
 
-archinc		:= include/asm-xtensa
-
-archprepare: $(archinc)/.platform
-
-# Update processor variant and platform symlinks if something which affects
-# them changed.
-
-$(archinc)/.platform: $(wildcard include/config/arch/*.h) include/config/auto.conf
-	@echo '  SYMLINK $(archinc)/variant -> $(archinc)/variant-$(VARIANT)'
-	$(Q)mkdir -p $(archinc)
-	$(Q)ln -fsn $(srctree)/$(archinc)/variant-$(VARIANT) $(archinc)/variant
-	@echo '  SYMLINK $(archinc)/platform -> $(archinc)/platform-$(PLATFORM)'
-	$(Q)ln -fsn $(srctree)/$(archinc)/platform-$(PLATFORM) $(archinc)/platform
-	@touch $@
-
 
 all: zImage
 
@@ -89,10 +83,6 @@
 zImage zImage.initrd: vmlinux
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $@
 
-CLEAN_FILES	+= arch/xtensa/vmlinux.lds                      \
-		   $(archinc)/platform $(archinc)/variant	\
-		   $(archinc)/.platform
-
 define archhelp
   @echo '* zImage      - Compressed kernel image (arch/xtensa/boot/images/zImage.*)'
 endef