diff --git a/libc/arch-arm64/arm64.mk b/libc/arch-arm64/arm64.mk
index d881ad4..11894f1 100644
--- a/libc/arch-arm64/arm64.mk
+++ b/libc/arch-arm64/arm64.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 _LIBC_ARCH_COMMON_SRC_FILES := \
     arch-arm64/bionic/__bionic_clone.S \
     arch-arm64/bionic/bzero_arm64.c \
-    arch-arm64/bionic/cacheflush_arm64.c \
     arch-arm64/bionic/_exit_with_stack_teardown.S \
     arch-arm64/bionic/futex_arm64.S \
     arch-arm64/bionic/__get_sp.S \
diff --git a/libc/arch-arm64/bionic/cacheflush_arm64.c b/libc/arch-arm64/bionic/cacheflush_arm64.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 1354fee..0000000
--- a/libc/arch-arm64/bionic/cacheflush_arm64.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- * are met:
- *  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- *  * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
- *    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- *    distribution.
- *
- * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
- * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
- * BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS
- * OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED
- * AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
- * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
- * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
- * SUCH DAMAGE.
- */
-
-/* TODO: We can implement a specialised cacheflush() */
-int cacheflush (long start, long end, long flags __attribute__((unused))) {
-  __builtin___clear_cache((char*) start, (char*) end);
-  return 0;
-}
diff --git a/libc/arch-mips/bionic/cacheflush.cpp b/libc/arch-mips/bionic/cacheflush.cpp
index 7955dd6..98c0bd4 100644
--- a/libc/arch-mips/bionic/cacheflush.cpp
+++ b/libc/arch-mips/bionic/cacheflush.cpp
@@ -25,75 +25,39 @@
  * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
+
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/cachectl.h>
 
-#ifdef DEBUG
 #include "private/libc_logging.h"
-#define  XLOG(...) __libc_format_log(ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG,"libc-cacheflush",__VA_ARGS__)
-#endif
 
-/*
- * Linux historically defines a cacheflush(3) routine for MIPS
- * with this signature:
- * int cacheflush(char *addr, int nbytes, int cache);
- *
- * Android defines an alternate cacheflush routine which exposes the
- * ARM system call interface:
- * int cacheflush (long start, long end, long flags)
- *
- * This is an attempt to maintain compatibility between the historical MIPS
- * usage for software previously ported to MIPS and Android specific
- * uses of cacheflush()
- *
- * Use the gcc __clear_cache builtin if possible. This will generate inline synci
- * instructions if available or call _flush_cache(start, len, BCACHE) directly
- */
+// Linux historically defines a cacheflush(3) routine for MIPS
+// with this signature:
 
-#if defined (__GNUC__)
-#define GCC_VERSION ((__GNUC__*10000) + __GNUC_MINOR__*100 + __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__)
-#endif
+//   int cacheflush(char *addr, int nbytes, int cache);
 
-/* This is the Android signature */
-int cacheflush (long start, long end, long /*flags*/) {
-	if (end < start) {
-		/*
-		 * It looks like this is really MIPS style cacheflush call
-		 * start => addr
-		 * end => nbytes
-		 */
-#ifdef DEBUG
-		static int warned = 0;
-		if (!warned) {
-			XLOG("called with (start,len) instead of (start,end)");
-			warned = 1;
-		}
-#endif
-		end += start;
-	}
+// Android defines an alternate cacheflush routine which exposes the
+// ARM system call interface:
 
-#if !defined(ARCH_MIPS_USE_FLUSHCACHE_SYSCALL) && \
-	defined(GCC_VERSION) && (GCC_VERSION >= 40300)
+//   int cacheflush (long start, long end, long flags)
 
-#if (__mips_isa_rev >= 2) && (GCC_VERSION < 40403)
-	/*
-	 * Modify "start" and "end" to avoid GCC 4.3.0-4.4.2 bug in
-	 * mips_expand_synci_loop that may execute synci one more time.
-	 * "start" points to the first byte of the cache line.
-	 * "end" points to the last byte of the line before the last cache line.
-	 * Because size is always a multiple of 4, this is safe to set
-	 * "end" to the last byte.
-	 */
-	{
-		int lineSize;
-		asm("rdhwr %0, $1" : "=r" (lineSize));
-		start = start & (-lineSize);
-		end = (end & (-lineSize)) - 1;
-	}
-#endif
-	__builtin___clear_cache((char *)start, (char *)end);
-#else
-	_flush_cache((char *)start, end-start, BCACHE);
-#endif
-	return 0;
+// This is an attempt to maintain compatibility between the historical MIPS
+// usage for software previously ported to MIPS and Android specific
+// uses of cacheflush().
+
+int cacheflush(long start, long end, long /*flags*/) {
+  if (end < start) {
+    // It looks like this is really a MIPS-style cacheflush call.
+    static bool warned = false;
+    if (!warned) {
+      __libc_format_log(ANDROID_LOG_WARN, "libc", "cacheflush called with (start,len) instead of (start,end)");
+      warned = true;
+    }
+    end += start;
+  }
+
+  // Use the GCC builtin. This will generate inline synci instructions if available,
+  // or call _flush_cache(start, len, BCACHE) directly.
+  __builtin___clear_cache(reinterpret_cast<char*>(start), reinterpret_cast<char*>(end));
+  return 0;
 }
diff --git a/libc/arch-mips64/bionic/cacheflush.cpp b/libc/arch-mips64/bionic/cacheflush.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 7955dd6..0000000
--- a/libc/arch-mips64/bionic/cacheflush.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- * are met:
- *  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- *  * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
- *    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- *    distribution.
- *
- * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
- * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
- * BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS
- * OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED
- * AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
- * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
- * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
- * SUCH DAMAGE.
- */
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <sys/cachectl.h>
-
-#ifdef DEBUG
-#include "private/libc_logging.h"
-#define  XLOG(...) __libc_format_log(ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG,"libc-cacheflush",__VA_ARGS__)
-#endif
-
-/*
- * Linux historically defines a cacheflush(3) routine for MIPS
- * with this signature:
- * int cacheflush(char *addr, int nbytes, int cache);
- *
- * Android defines an alternate cacheflush routine which exposes the
- * ARM system call interface:
- * int cacheflush (long start, long end, long flags)
- *
- * This is an attempt to maintain compatibility between the historical MIPS
- * usage for software previously ported to MIPS and Android specific
- * uses of cacheflush()
- *
- * Use the gcc __clear_cache builtin if possible. This will generate inline synci
- * instructions if available or call _flush_cache(start, len, BCACHE) directly
- */
-
-#if defined (__GNUC__)
-#define GCC_VERSION ((__GNUC__*10000) + __GNUC_MINOR__*100 + __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__)
-#endif
-
-/* This is the Android signature */
-int cacheflush (long start, long end, long /*flags*/) {
-	if (end < start) {
-		/*
-		 * It looks like this is really MIPS style cacheflush call
-		 * start => addr
-		 * end => nbytes
-		 */
-#ifdef DEBUG
-		static int warned = 0;
-		if (!warned) {
-			XLOG("called with (start,len) instead of (start,end)");
-			warned = 1;
-		}
-#endif
-		end += start;
-	}
-
-#if !defined(ARCH_MIPS_USE_FLUSHCACHE_SYSCALL) && \
-	defined(GCC_VERSION) && (GCC_VERSION >= 40300)
-
-#if (__mips_isa_rev >= 2) && (GCC_VERSION < 40403)
-	/*
-	 * Modify "start" and "end" to avoid GCC 4.3.0-4.4.2 bug in
-	 * mips_expand_synci_loop that may execute synci one more time.
-	 * "start" points to the first byte of the cache line.
-	 * "end" points to the last byte of the line before the last cache line.
-	 * Because size is always a multiple of 4, this is safe to set
-	 * "end" to the last byte.
-	 */
-	{
-		int lineSize;
-		asm("rdhwr %0, $1" : "=r" (lineSize));
-		start = start & (-lineSize);
-		end = (end & (-lineSize)) - 1;
-	}
-#endif
-	__builtin___clear_cache((char *)start, (char *)end);
-#else
-	_flush_cache((char *)start, end-start, BCACHE);
-#endif
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/libc/arch-mips64/mips64.mk b/libc/arch-mips64/mips64.mk
index d81f02a..19be126 100644
--- a/libc/arch-mips64/mips64.mk
+++ b/libc/arch-mips64/mips64.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 _LIBC_ARCH_COMMON_SRC_FILES := \
     arch-mips64/bionic/__bionic_clone.S \
     arch-mips64/bionic/bzero.S \
-    arch-mips64/bionic/cacheflush.cpp \
     arch-mips64/bionic/_exit_with_stack_teardown.S \
     arch-mips64/bionic/futex_mips.S \
     arch-mips64/bionic/__get_sp.S \
diff --git a/libc/include/unistd.h b/libc/include/unistd.h
index 29758f5..70cc4c5 100644
--- a/libc/include/unistd.h
+++ b/libc/include/unistd.h
@@ -185,8 +185,10 @@
 
 extern int daemon(int, int);
 
-/* A special syscall that is only available on the ARM, not x86 function. */
-extern int cacheflush(long start, long end, long flags);
+#if defined(__arm__) || (defined(__mips__) && !defined(__LP64__))
+extern int cacheflush(long, long, long);
+    /* __attribute__((deprecated("use __builtin___clear_cache instead"))); */
+#endif
 
 extern pid_t tcgetpgrp(int fd);
 extern int   tcsetpgrp(int fd, pid_t _pid);