diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php_8.2.6.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php_8.2.6.bb
index dad9554523..404ff393b2 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php_8.2.6.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php_8.2.6.bb
@@ -284,12 +284,3 @@ do_install:append:class-native() {
     create_wrapper ${D}${bindir}/php \
         PHP_PEAR_SYSCONF_DIR=${sysconfdir}/
 }
-
-# Fails to build with thumb-1 (qemuarm)
-# | {standard input}: Assembler messages:
-# | {standard input}:3719: Error: selected processor does not support Thumb mode `smull r0,r2,r9,r3'
-# | {standard input}:3720: Error: unshifted register required -- `sub r2,r2,r0,asr#31'
-# | {standard input}:3796: Error: selected processor does not support Thumb mode `smull r0,r2,r3,r3'
-# | {standard input}:3797: Error: unshifted register required -- `sub r2,r2,r0,asr#31'
-# | make: *** [ext/standard/math.lo] Error 1
-ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET = "arm"