diff --git a/tools/amlogic/Makefile b/tools/amlogic/Makefile
index d6d464b..5ff26e5 100644
--- a/tools/amlogic/Makefile
+++ b/tools/amlogic/Makefile
@@ -30,22 +30,20 @@
   Q :=
 endif
 
-HOSTCC := gcc
-
 .PHONY: all clean distclean
 
 all: ${PROJECT}
 
 ${PROJECT}: ${OBJECTS} Makefile
 	@echo "  HOSTLD  $@"
-	${Q}${HOSTCC} ${OBJECTS} -o $@
+	${Q}$(host-cc) ${OBJECTS} -o $@
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
 	@echo "Built $@ successfully"
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
 
 %.o: %.c Makefile
 	@echo "  HOSTCC  $<"
-	${Q}${HOSTCC} -c ${HOSTCCFLAGS} $< -o $@
+	${Q}$(host-cc) -c ${HOSTCCFLAGS} $< -o $@
 
 clean:
 	$(call SHELL_DELETE_ALL, ${PROJECT} ${OBJECTS})
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/Makefile b/tools/cert_create/Makefile
index 4203405..21523f6 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/Makefile
+++ b/tools/cert_create/Makefile
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@
 LIB_DIR := -L ${OPENSSL_DIR}/lib -L ${OPENSSL_DIR}
 LIB := -lssl -lcrypto
 
-HOSTCC ?= gcc
-
 .PHONY: all clean realclean --openssl
 
 all: --openssl ${BINARY}
@@ -94,12 +92,12 @@
 	@echo "  HOSTLD  $@"
 	@echo 'const char build_msg[] = "Built : "__TIME__", "__DATE__; \
                 const char platform_msg[] = "${PLAT_MSG}";' | \
-                ${HOSTCC} -c ${HOSTCCFLAGS} -xc - -o src/build_msg.o
-	${Q}${HOSTCC} src/build_msg.o ${OBJECTS} ${LIB_DIR} ${LIB} -o $@
+                $(host-cc) -c ${HOSTCCFLAGS} -xc - -o src/build_msg.o
+	${Q}$(host-cc) src/build_msg.o ${OBJECTS} ${LIB_DIR} ${LIB} -o $@
 
 %.o: %.c
 	@echo "  HOSTCC  $<"
-	${Q}${HOSTCC} -c ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INC_DIR} $< -o $@
+	${Q}$(host-cc) -c ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INC_DIR} $< -o $@
 
 --openssl:
 ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
diff --git a/tools/encrypt_fw/Makefile b/tools/encrypt_fw/Makefile
index b530cca..83f2f57 100644
--- a/tools/encrypt_fw/Makefile
+++ b/tools/encrypt_fw/Makefile
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@
 LIB_DIR := -L ${OPENSSL_DIR}/lib -L ${OPENSSL_DIR}
 LIB := -lssl -lcrypto
 
-HOSTCC ?= gcc
-
 .PHONY: all clean realclean --openssl
 
 all: --openssl ${BINARY}
@@ -72,12 +70,12 @@
 ${BINARY}: ${OBJECTS} Makefile
 	@echo "  HOSTLD  $@"
 	@echo 'const char build_msg[] = "Built : "__TIME__", "__DATE__;' | \
-                ${HOSTCC} -c ${HOSTCCFLAGS} -xc - -o src/build_msg.o
-	${Q}${HOSTCC} src/build_msg.o ${OBJECTS} ${LIB_DIR} ${LIB} -o $@
+                $(host-cc) -c ${HOSTCCFLAGS} -xc - -o src/build_msg.o
+	${Q}$(host-cc) src/build_msg.o ${OBJECTS} ${LIB_DIR} ${LIB} -o $@
 
 %.o: %.c
 	@echo "  HOSTCC  $<"
-	${Q}${HOSTCC} -c ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INC_DIR} $< -o $@
+	${Q}$(host-cc) -c ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INC_DIR} $< -o $@
 
 --openssl:
 ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
diff --git a/tools/fiptool/Makefile b/tools/fiptool/Makefile
index 3cb89c6..865ff4c 100644
--- a/tools/fiptool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/fiptool/Makefile
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@
   Q :=
 endif
 
-HOSTCC ?= gcc
-
 ifneq (${PLAT},)
 TF_PLATFORM_ROOT	:=	../../plat/
 include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}plat_helpers.mk
@@ -84,14 +82,14 @@
 
 ${PROJECT}: ${OBJECTS} Makefile
 	@echo "  HOSTLD  $@"
-	${Q}${HOSTCC} ${OBJECTS} -o $@ $(LDOPTS)
+	${Q}$(host-cc) ${OBJECTS} -o $@ $(LDOPTS)
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
 	@echo "Built $@ successfully"
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
 
 %.o: %.c Makefile
 	@echo "  HOSTCC  $<"
-	${Q}${HOSTCC} -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_PATHS} -MD -MP $< -o $@
+	${Q}$(host-cc) -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_PATHS} -MD -MP $< -o $@
 
 -include $(DEPS)
 
diff --git a/tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/st/stm32mp1/plat_fiptool.mk b/tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/st/stm32mp1/plat_fiptool.mk
index 1ba47c1..0d69dbd 100644
--- a/tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/st/stm32mp1/plat_fiptool.mk
+++ b/tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/st/stm32mp1/plat_fiptool.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 HOSTCCFLAGS += -DPLAT_DEF_FIP_UUID
 
 ${PLAT_DEF_UUID_FILE_NAME}.o: plat_fiptool/st/stm32mp1/${PLAT_DEF_UUID_FILE_NAME}.c
-	${HOSTCC} -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_PATHS} $< -o $@
+	$(host-cc) -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_PATHS} $< -o $@
 
 PLAT_OBJECTS += ${PLAT_DEF_UUID_FILE_NAME}.o
 endif
diff --git a/tools/marvell/doimage/Makefile b/tools/marvell/doimage/Makefile
index 0766f59..6e59aa2 100644
--- a/tools/marvell/doimage/Makefile
+++ b/tools/marvell/doimage/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 # could get pulled in from firmware tree.
 INCLUDE_PATHS = -I.
 
-HOSTCC ?= gcc
 RM := rm -rf
 
 .PHONY: all clean
@@ -38,14 +37,14 @@
 
 ${PROJECT}: ${OBJECTS} Makefile
 	@echo "  HOSTLD  $@"
-	${Q}${HOSTCC} ${OBJECTS} ${DOIMAGE_LD_FLAGS} -o $@
+	${Q}$(host-cc) ${OBJECTS} ${DOIMAGE_LD_FLAGS} -o $@
 	@echo
 	@echo "Built $@ successfully"
 	@echo
 
 %.o: %.c Makefile
 	@echo "  HOSTCC  $<"
-	${Q}${HOSTCC} -c ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_PATHS} $< -o $@
+	${Q}$(host-cc) -c ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_PATHS} $< -o $@
 
 clean:
 	${Q}${RM} ${PROJECT}
diff --git a/tools/nxp/create_pbl/Makefile b/tools/nxp/create_pbl/Makefile
index 61ba92f..b6b3b04 100644
--- a/tools/nxp/create_pbl/Makefile
+++ b/tools/nxp/create_pbl/Makefile
@@ -34,30 +34,27 @@
 
 INCLUDE_PATHS :=
 
-HOSTCC ?= gcc
-CC = gcc
-
 .PHONY: all clean distclean
 
 all: create_pbl byte_swap
 
 ${PROJECT_1}: ${OBJECTS_1} Makefile
 	@echo "  LD      $@"
-	${Q}${HOSTCC} ${OBJECTS_1} -o $@ ${LDLIBS}
+	${Q}$(host-cc) ${OBJECTS_1} -o $@ ${LDLIBS}
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
 	@echo "Built $@ successfully"
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
 
 ${PROJECT_2}: ${OBJECTS_2} Makefile
 	@echo "  LD      $@"
-	${Q}${HOSTCC} ${OBJECTS_2} -o $@ ${LDLIBS}
+	${Q}$(host-cc) ${OBJECTS_2} -o $@ ${LDLIBS}
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
 	@echo "Built $@ successfully"
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
 
 %.o: %.c %.h Makefile
 	@echo "  CC      $<"
-	${Q}${HOSTCC} -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_PATHS} $< -o $@
+	${Q}$(host-cc) -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_PATHS} $< -o $@
 
 clean:
 	$(call SHELL_DELETE_ALL, ${PROJECT_1} ${OBJECTS_1})
diff --git a/tools/renesas/rcar_layout_create/makefile b/tools/renesas/rcar_layout_create/makefile
index fefdb19..baa6e7e 100644
--- a/tools/renesas/rcar_layout_create/makefile
+++ b/tools/renesas/rcar_layout_create/makefile
@@ -71,16 +71,9 @@
 ###################################################
 
 #c compiler
-CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
 CFLAGS += ${DEFINES}
 CFLAGS += -I../../include/lib/stdlib
 
-#Linker
-LD = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
-
-#objcopy
-objcopy = $(CROSS_COMPILE)objcopy
-
 #clean
 CL = rm -f
 
@@ -96,29 +89,29 @@
 # Linker
 ###################################################
 $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA0) : $(MEMORY_DEF_SA0) $(OBJ_FILE_SA0)
-	$(LD) $(OBJ_FILE_SA0)		 	\
+	$(aarch64-ld) $(OBJ_FILE_SA0)		 	\
 	-T $(MEMORY_DEF_SA0)			\
 	-o $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA0)			\
 	-Map $(FILE_NAME_SA0).map 		\
 
-	$(objcopy) -O srec --adjust-vma=$(RCAR_VMA_ADJUST_ADDR) --srec-forceS3  $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA0) $(FILE_NAME_SA0).srec
-	$(objcopy) -O binary --adjust-vma=$(RCAR_VMA_ADJUST_ADDR) --srec-forceS3  $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA0) $(FILE_NAME_SA0).bin
+	$(aarch64-oc) -O srec --adjust-vma=$(RCAR_VMA_ADJUST_ADDR) --srec-forceS3  $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA0) $(FILE_NAME_SA0).srec
+	$(aarch64-oc) -O binary --adjust-vma=$(RCAR_VMA_ADJUST_ADDR) --srec-forceS3  $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA0) $(FILE_NAME_SA0).bin
 
 $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA6) : $(MEMORY_DEF_SA6) $(OBJ_FILE_SA6)
-	$(LD) $(OBJ_FILE_SA6)		 	\
+	$(aarch64-ld) $(OBJ_FILE_SA6)		 	\
 	-T $(MEMORY_DEF_SA6)			\
 	-o $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA6)			\
 	-Map $(FILE_NAME_SA6).map 		\
 
-	$(objcopy) -O srec --adjust-vma=$(RCAR_VMA_ADJUST_ADDR) --srec-forceS3  $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA6) $(FILE_NAME_SA6).srec
-	$(objcopy) -O binary --adjust-vma=$(RCAR_VMA_ADJUST_ADDR) --srec-forceS3  $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA6) $(FILE_NAME_SA6).bin
+	$(aarch64-oc) -O srec --adjust-vma=$(RCAR_VMA_ADJUST_ADDR) --srec-forceS3  $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA6) $(FILE_NAME_SA6).srec
+	$(aarch64-oc) -O binary --adjust-vma=$(RCAR_VMA_ADJUST_ADDR) --srec-forceS3  $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA6) $(FILE_NAME_SA6).bin
 
 ###################################################
 # Compile
 ###################################################
 
 %.o: %.c
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(aarch64-cc) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
diff --git a/tools/renesas/rzg_layout_create/makefile b/tools/renesas/rzg_layout_create/makefile
index 9cab56f..4cab5fb 100644
--- a/tools/renesas/rzg_layout_create/makefile
+++ b/tools/renesas/rzg_layout_create/makefile
@@ -66,18 +66,11 @@
 ###################################################
 
 #c compiler
-CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
 CFLAGS += ${DEFINES}
 CFLAGS += -nostdinc \
 	  -I../../../include/lib/libc \
 	  -I../../../include/lib/libc/aarch64
 
-#Linker
-LD = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
-
-#objcopy
-objcopy = $(CROSS_COMPILE)objcopy
-
 #clean
 CL = rm -f
 
@@ -93,29 +86,29 @@
 # Linker
 ###################################################
 $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA0) : $(MEMORY_DEF_SA0) $(OBJ_FILE_SA0)
-	$(LD) $(OBJ_FILE_SA0)		 	\
+	$(aarch64-ld) $(OBJ_FILE_SA0)		 	\
 	-T $(MEMORY_DEF_SA0)			\
 	-o $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA0)			\
 	-Map $(FILE_NAME_SA0).map 		\
 
-	$(objcopy) -O srec --adjust-vma=$(RCAR_VMA_ADJUST_ADDR) --srec-forceS3  $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA0) $(FILE_NAME_SA0).srec
-	$(objcopy) -O binary --adjust-vma=$(RCAR_VMA_ADJUST_ADDR) --srec-forceS3  $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA0) $(FILE_NAME_SA0).bin
+	$(aarch64-oc) -O srec --adjust-vma=$(RCAR_VMA_ADJUST_ADDR) --srec-forceS3  $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA0) $(FILE_NAME_SA0).srec
+	$(aarch64-oc) -O binary --adjust-vma=$(RCAR_VMA_ADJUST_ADDR) --srec-forceS3  $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA0) $(FILE_NAME_SA0).bin
 
 $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA6) : $(MEMORY_DEF_SA6) $(OBJ_FILE_SA6)
-	$(LD) $(OBJ_FILE_SA6)		 	\
+	$(aarch64-ld) $(OBJ_FILE_SA6)		 	\
 	-T $(MEMORY_DEF_SA6)			\
 	-o $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA6)			\
 	-Map $(FILE_NAME_SA6).map 		\
 
-	$(objcopy) -O srec --adjust-vma=$(RCAR_VMA_ADJUST_ADDR) --srec-forceS3  $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA6) $(FILE_NAME_SA6).srec
-	$(objcopy) -O binary --adjust-vma=$(RCAR_VMA_ADJUST_ADDR) --srec-forceS3  $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA6) $(FILE_NAME_SA6).bin
+	$(aarch64-oc) -O srec --adjust-vma=$(RCAR_VMA_ADJUST_ADDR) --srec-forceS3  $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA6) $(FILE_NAME_SA6).srec
+	$(aarch64-oc) -O binary --adjust-vma=$(RCAR_VMA_ADJUST_ADDR) --srec-forceS3  $(OUTPUT_FILE_SA6) $(FILE_NAME_SA6).bin
 
 ###################################################
 # Compile
 ###################################################
 
 %.o: %.c
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(aarch64-cc) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
diff --git a/tools/sptool/Makefile b/tools/sptool/Makefile
index 5dbcbad..a913ce5 100644
--- a/tools/sptool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/sptool/Makefile
@@ -32,22 +32,20 @@
 
 INCLUDE_PATHS := -I../../include/tools_share
 
-HOSTCC ?= gcc
-
 .PHONY: all clean distclean
 
 all: ${PROJECT}
 
 ${PROJECT}: ${OBJECTS} Makefile
 	@echo "  HOSTLD  $@"
-	${Q}${HOSTCC} ${OBJECTS} -o $@ ${LDLIBS}
+	${Q}$(host-cc) ${OBJECTS} -o $@ ${LDLIBS}
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
 	@echo "Built $@ successfully"
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
 
 %.o: %.c Makefile
 	@echo "  HOSTCC  $<"
-	${Q}${HOSTCC} -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_PATHS} $< -o $@
+	${Q}$(host-cc) -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_PATHS} $< -o $@
 
 clean:
 	$(call SHELL_DELETE_ALL, ${PROJECT} ${OBJECTS})
diff --git a/tools/stm32image/Makefile b/tools/stm32image/Makefile
index 9dfe9cb..c75e941 100644
--- a/tools/stm32image/Makefile
+++ b/tools/stm32image/Makefile
@@ -29,22 +29,20 @@
   Q :=
 endif
 
-HOSTCC := gcc
-
 .PHONY: all clean distclean
 
 all: ${PROJECT}
 
 ${PROJECT}: ${OBJECTS} Makefile
 	@echo "  HOSTLD  $@"
-	${Q}${HOSTCC} ${OBJECTS} -o $@
+	${Q}$(host-cc) ${OBJECTS} -o $@
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
 	@echo "Built $@ successfully"
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
 
 %.o: %.c Makefile
 	@echo "  HOSTCC  $<"
-	${Q}${HOSTCC} -c ${HOSTCCFLAGS} $< -o $@
+	${Q}$(host-cc) -c ${HOSTCCFLAGS} $< -o $@
 
 clean:
 	$(call SHELL_DELETE_ALL, ${PROJECT} ${OBJECTS})