diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.mvl40-xscale_be b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.mvl40-xscale_be
index 3606ab4cf..9d2b75655 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.mvl40-xscale_be
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.mvl40-xscale_be
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ ARCH_CLASS = xscale
 GNU_DIR=/afs/psi.ch/project/embeddedlinux/moxa/xscale_be/armv5teb-montavista-linuxeabi
 
 ARCH_DEP_CFLAGS += -funwind-tables
+ARCH_DEP_CPPFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
index e45928d2c..461478767 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
@@ -161,11 +161,8 @@ OPT_CXXFLAGS_YES = -O2
 
 #--------------------------------------------------
 # code flags
-CODE_CPPFLAGS_6.6 = -fno-strict-aliasing
-CODE_CPPFLAGS_6.7 = -fno-strict-aliasing
-CODE_CPPFLAGS_6.8 = -fno-strict-aliasing
-CODE_CPPFLAGS_6.9 = -fno-strict-aliasing
 CODE_CPPFLAGS_6 = $(CODE_CPPFLAGS_$(VXWORKS_VERSION))
+CODE_CPPFLAGS_6 += -fno-strict-aliasing
 CODE_CPPFLAGS += $(CODE_CPPFLAGS_$(VXWORKS_MAJOR_VERSION))
 #
 # For vxWorks versions before 6.3 we need this g++ compiler flag