diff --git a/src/arch/aarch64/include/arch/early_variables.h b/src/arch/aarch64/include/arch/early_variables.h
index 90ead9d44b..fc472e0882 100644
--- a/src/arch/aarch64/include/arch/early_variables.h
+++ b/src/arch/aarch64/include/arch/early_variables.h
@@ -20,40 +20,17 @@
 #ifndef ARCH_EARLY_VARIABLES_H
 #define ARCH_EARLY_VARIABLES_H
 
-#ifdef __PRE_RAM__
-#define CAR_GLOBAL __attribute__((section(".car.global_data,\"w\",%nobits@")))
-#define CAR_CBMEM __attribute__((section(".car.cbmem_console,\"w\",%nobits@")))
-#else
-#define CAR_GLOBAL
-#define CAR_CBMEM
+#if CONFIG_CAR_MIGRATION
+	#error "This is ARM, silly... we don't have CAR here."
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__PRE_RAM__)
-#define CAR_MIGRATE_ATTR __attribute__ ((used,section (".car.migrate")))
+#define CAR_GLOBAL
+#define CAR_CBMEM
 
-/* Call migrate_fn_() when CAR globals are migrated. */
-#define CAR_MIGRATE(migrate_fn_) \
-	static void (* const migrate_fn_ ## _ptr)(void) CAR_MIGRATE_ATTR = \
-	migrate_fn_;
-
-/* Get the correct pointer for the CAR global variable. */
-void *car_get_var_ptr(void *var);
-
-/* Get and set a primitive type global variable. */
-#define car_get_var(var) \
-	*(typeof(var) *)car_get_var_ptr(&(var))
-#define car_set_var(var, val) \
-	do { car_get_var(var) = (val); } while(0)
-
-/* Migrate the CAR variables to memory. */
-void car_migrate_variables(void);
-
-#else
 #define CAR_MIGRATE(migrate_fn_)
 static inline void *car_get_var_ptr(void *var) { return var; }
 #define car_get_var(var) (var)
 #define car_set_var(var, val) do { (var) = (val); } while (0)
 static inline void car_migrate_variables(void) { }
-#endif
 
 #endif