diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile
index 9bc2eba1af1c..20af35a91d6f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ ARCH            ?= $(SUBARCH)
 ifeq ($(ARCH),$(filter $(ARCH),arm64 s390 riscv x86 x86_64))
 # Top-level selftests allows ARCH=x86_64 :-(
 ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
-	ARCH_DIR := x86
-else
-	ARCH_DIR := $(ARCH)
+	ARCH := x86
 endif
 include Makefile.kvm
 else
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm
index 9888dd6bb483..4277b983cace 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm
@@ -207,10 +207,10 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS_riscv += steal_time
 SPLIT_TESTS += arch_timer
 SPLIT_TESTS += get-reg-list
 
-TEST_PROGS += $(TEST_PROGS_$(ARCH_DIR))
-TEST_GEN_PROGS += $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_$(ARCH_DIR))
-TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED += $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED_$(ARCH_DIR))
-LIBKVM += $(LIBKVM_$(ARCH_DIR))
+TEST_PROGS += $(TEST_PROGS_$(ARCH))
+TEST_GEN_PROGS += $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_$(ARCH))
+TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED += $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED_$(ARCH))
+LIBKVM += $(LIBKVM_$(ARCH))
 
 OVERRIDE_TARGETS = 1
 
@@ -222,14 +222,14 @@ include ../lib.mk
 INSTALL_HDR_PATH = $(top_srcdir)/usr
 LINUX_HDR_PATH = $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH)/include/
 LINUX_TOOL_INCLUDE = $(top_srcdir)/tools/include
-LINUX_TOOL_ARCH_INCLUDE = $(top_srcdir)/tools/arch/$(ARCH_DIR)/include
+LINUX_TOOL_ARCH_INCLUDE = $(top_srcdir)/tools/arch/$(ARCH)/include
 CFLAGS += -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wuninitialized -O2 -g -std=gnu99 \
 	-Wno-gnu-variable-sized-type-not-at-end -MD -MP -DCONFIG_64BIT \
 	-fno-builtin-memcmp -fno-builtin-memcpy \
 	-fno-builtin-memset -fno-builtin-strnlen \
 	-fno-stack-protector -fno-PIE -fno-strict-aliasing \
 	-I$(LINUX_TOOL_INCLUDE) -I$(LINUX_TOOL_ARCH_INCLUDE) \
-	-I$(LINUX_HDR_PATH) -Iinclude -I$(<D) -Iinclude/$(ARCH_DIR) \
+	-I$(LINUX_HDR_PATH) -Iinclude -I$(<D) -Iinclude/$(ARCH) \
 	-I ../rseq -I.. $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(KHDR_INCLUDES)
 ifeq ($(ARCH),s390)
 	CFLAGS += -march=z10
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ LIBKVM_S_OBJ := $(patsubst %.S, $(OUTPUT)/%.o, $(LIBKVM_S))
 LIBKVM_STRING_OBJ := $(patsubst %.c, $(OUTPUT)/%.o, $(LIBKVM_STRING))
 LIBKVM_OBJS = $(LIBKVM_C_OBJ) $(LIBKVM_S_OBJ) $(LIBKVM_STRING_OBJ)
 SPLIT_TEST_GEN_PROGS := $(patsubst %, $(OUTPUT)/%, $(SPLIT_TESTS))
-SPLIT_TEST_GEN_OBJ := $(patsubst %, $(OUTPUT)/$(ARCH_DIR)/%.o, $(SPLIT_TESTS))
+SPLIT_TEST_GEN_OBJ := $(patsubst %, $(OUTPUT)/$(ARCH)/%.o, $(SPLIT_TESTS))
 
 TEST_GEN_OBJ = $(patsubst %, %.o, $(TEST_GEN_PROGS))
 TEST_GEN_OBJ += $(patsubst %, %.o, $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED))
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ TEST_DEP_FILES += $(patsubst %.o, %.d, $(LIBKVM_OBJS))
 TEST_DEP_FILES += $(patsubst %.o, %.d, $(SPLIT_TEST_GEN_OBJ))
 -include $(TEST_DEP_FILES)
 
-$(shell mkdir -p $(sort $(OUTPUT)/$(ARCH_DIR) $(dir $(LIBKVM_C_OBJ) $(LIBKVM_S_OBJ))))
+$(shell mkdir -p $(sort $(OUTPUT)/$(ARCH) $(dir $(LIBKVM_C_OBJ) $(LIBKVM_S_OBJ))))
 
 $(filter-out $(SPLIT_TEST_GEN_PROGS), $(TEST_GEN_PROGS)) \
 $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED): %: %.o
@@ -290,9 +290,9 @@ $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED): %: %.o
 $(TEST_GEN_OBJ): $(OUTPUT)/%.o: %.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -c $< -o $@
 
-$(SPLIT_TEST_GEN_PROGS): $(OUTPUT)/%: $(OUTPUT)/%.o $(OUTPUT)/$(ARCH_DIR)/%.o
+$(SPLIT_TEST_GEN_PROGS): $(OUTPUT)/%: $(OUTPUT)/%.o $(OUTPUT)/$(ARCH)/%.o
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
-$(SPLIT_TEST_GEN_OBJ): $(OUTPUT)/$(ARCH_DIR)/%.o: $(ARCH_DIR)/%.c
+$(SPLIT_TEST_GEN_OBJ): $(OUTPUT)/$(ARCH)/%.o: $(ARCH)/%.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -c $< -o $@
 
 EXTRA_CLEAN += $(GEN_HDRS) \