diff --git a/include/lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_v2.h b/include/lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_v2.h
index 20a9ea1..2e5aba5 100644
--- a/include/lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_v2.h
+++ b/include/lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_v2.h
@@ -121,10 +121,12 @@
 } mmap_region_t;
 
 /*
- * Translation regimes supported by this library.
+ * Translation regimes supported by this library. EL_REGIME_INVALID tells the
+ * library to detect it at runtime.
  */
 #define EL1_EL0_REGIME		1
 #define EL3_REGIME		3
+#define EL_REGIME_INVALID	-1
 
 /*
  * Declare the translation context type.
@@ -165,8 +167,7 @@
 					 (_xlat_tables_count),		\
 					 (_virt_addr_space_size),	\
 					 (_phy_addr_space_size),	\
-					 IMAGE_XLAT_DEFAULT_REGIME,	\
-					"xlat_table")
+					 EL_REGIME_INVALID, "xlat_table")
 
 /*
  * Same as REGISTER_XLAT_CONTEXT plus the additional parameters:
diff --git a/include/lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_v2_helpers.h b/include/lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_v2_helpers.h
index 56b9a93..4e79aec 100644
--- a/include/lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_v2_helpers.h
+++ b/include/lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_v2_helpers.h
@@ -172,29 +172,4 @@
 
 #endif /*__ASSEMBLY__*/
 
-#if AARCH64
-
-/*
- * This IMAGE_EL macro must not to be used outside the library, and it is only
- * used in AArch64.
- */
-#if defined(IMAGE_BL1) || defined(IMAGE_BL31) || (defined(IMAGE_BL2) && BL2_AT_EL3)
-# define IMAGE_EL	3
-# define IMAGE_XLAT_DEFAULT_REGIME EL3_REGIME
-#else
-# define IMAGE_EL	1
-# define IMAGE_XLAT_DEFAULT_REGIME EL1_EL0_REGIME
-#endif
-
-#else /* if AARCH32 */
-
-/*
- * The PL1&0 translation regime in AArch32 behaves like the EL1&0 regime in
- * AArch64 except for the XN bits, but we set and unset them at the same time,
- * so there's no difference in practice.
- */
-#define IMAGE_XLAT_DEFAULT_REGIME EL1_EL0_REGIME
-
-#endif /* AARCH64 */
-
 #endif /* __XLAT_TABLES_V2_HELPERS_H__ */