diff --git a/plat/linuxppc/descr b/plat/linuxppc/descr
index ced1de4b1..1bbb9fbd9 100644
--- a/plat/linuxppc/descr
+++ b/plat/linuxppc/descr
@@ -19,11 +19,8 @@ var PLATFORM=linuxppc
 var PLATFORMDIR={EM}/share/ack/{PLATFORM}
 var CPP_F=-D__unix
 var ALIGN=-a0:4 -a1:4 -a2:4 -a3:4 -b0:0x10000054
-var C_LIB={PLATFORMDIR}/libc-ansi.a
-# bitfields reversed for compatibility with (g)cc.
-var CC_ALIGN=-Vr
-var OLD_C_LIB={C_LIB}
-var MACHOPT_F=
+var MACHOPT_F=-m3
+var EGO_PLAT_FLAGS=-M{EM}/share/ack/ego/{ARCH}.descr
 
 # Override the setting in fe so that files compiled for linuxppc can see
 # the platform-specific headers.