diff --git a/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h b/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h
index 424f233..7bc2d6e 100644
--- a/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h
@@ -231,9 +231,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SPL_EXT_SUPPORT
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
-#define CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD	/* Thumbs mode to save space in SPL */
-#endif
+#define CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD
 
 /* General parts of the framework, required. */
 #define CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT