diff --git a/core/clang/TARGET_mips.mk b/core/clang/TARGET_mips.mk
index e70e25422..6f4c1976f 100644
--- a/core/clang/TARGET_mips.mk
+++ b/core/clang/TARGET_mips.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/clang/mips.mk
 
 CLANG_CONFIG_mips_TARGET_TRIPLE := mipsel-linux-android
 CLANG_CONFIG_mips_TARGET_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX := \
-  $($(clang_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_TOOLCHAIN_ROOT)/$(CLANG_CONFIG_mips_TARGET_TRIPLE)/bin
+  $($(clang_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_TOOLCHAIN_ROOT)/mips64el-linux-android/bin
 
 CLANG_CONFIG_mips_TARGET_EXTRA_ASFLAGS := \
   $(CLANG_CONFIG_EXTRA_ASFLAGS) \
diff --git a/core/clang/mips.mk b/core/clang/mips.mk
index cef7823a7..88721e9b9 100644
--- a/core/clang/mips.mk
+++ b/core/clang/mips.mk
@@ -7,18 +7,17 @@ CLANG_CONFIG_mips_EXTRA_LDFLAGS :=
 # Include common unknown flags
 CLANG_CONFIG_mips_UNKNOWN_CFLAGS := \
   $(CLANG_CONFIG_UNKNOWN_CFLAGS) \
-  -EL \
   -mips32 \
   -mips32r2 \
-  -mhard-float \
+  -mfp32 \
+  -mfp64 \
+  -mfpxx \
+  -modd-spreg \
+  -mno-odd-spreg \
   -fno-strict-volatile-bitfields \
   -fgcse-after-reload \
   -frerun-cse-after-loop \
   -frename-registers \
-  -march=mips32r2 \
-  -mtune=mips32r2 \
-  -march=mips32 \
-  -mtune=mips32 \
   -msynci \
   -mno-fused-madd
 
diff --git a/core/clang/mips64.mk b/core/clang/mips64.mk
index 9d1117bbb..d087b9b5d 100644
--- a/core/clang/mips64.mk
+++ b/core/clang/mips64.mk
@@ -9,18 +9,10 @@ CLANG_CONFIG_mips64_EXTRA_LDFLAGS :=
 # Include common unknown flags
 CLANG_CONFIG_mips64_UNKNOWN_CFLAGS := \
   $(CLANG_CONFIG_UNKNOWN_CFLAGS) \
-  -EL \
-  -mips32 \
-  -mips32r2 \
-  -mhard-float \
   -fno-strict-volatile-bitfields \
   -fgcse-after-reload \
   -frerun-cse-after-loop \
   -frename-registers \
-  -march=mips32r2 \
-  -mtune=mips32r2 \
-  -march=mips32 \
-  -mtune=mips32 \
   -msynci \
   -mno-fused-madd
 
diff --git a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips.mk b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips.mk
index 7a1f6c5b7..8930f0e13 100644
--- a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips.mk
+++ b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips.mk
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ endif
 $(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_NDK_GCC_VERSION := 4.8
 
 ifeq ($(strip $(TARGET_GCC_VERSION_EXP)),)
-$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GCC_VERSION := 4.8
+$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GCC_VERSION := 4.9
 else
 $(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GCC_VERSION := $(TARGET_GCC_VERSION_EXP)
 endif
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/combo/fdo.mk
 
 # You can set TARGET_TOOLS_PREFIX to get gcc from somewhere else
 ifeq ($(strip $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_TOOLS_PREFIX)),)
-$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_TOOLCHAIN_ROOT := prebuilts/gcc/$(HOST_PREBUILT_TAG)/mips/mipsel-linux-android-$($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GCC_VERSION)
-$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_TOOLS_PREFIX := $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_TOOLCHAIN_ROOT)/bin/mipsel-linux-android-
+$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_TOOLCHAIN_ROOT := prebuilts/gcc/$(HOST_PREBUILT_TAG)/mips/mips64el-linux-android-$($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GCC_VERSION)
+$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_TOOLS_PREFIX := $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_TOOLCHAIN_ROOT)/bin/mips64el-linux-android-
 endif
 
 $(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_CC := $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_TOOLS_PREFIX)gcc$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
@@ -97,24 +97,6 @@ $(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS += \
 			-include $(android_config_h) \
 			-I $(dir $(android_config_h))
 
-# This warning causes dalvik not to build with gcc 4.6+ and -Werror.
-# We cannot turn it off blindly since the option is not available
-# in gcc-4.4.x.
-ifneq ($(filter 4.6 4.6.% 4.7 4.7.% 4.8, $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GCC_VERSION)),)
-$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS += -Wno-unused-but-set-variable \
-                        -fno-strict-volatile-bitfields
-endif
-
-# This is to avoid the dreaded warning compiler message:
-#   note: the mangling of 'va_list' has changed in GCC 4.4
-#
-# The fact that the mangling changed does not affect the NDK ABI
-# very fortunately (since none of the exposed APIs used va_list
-# in their exported C++ functions). Also, GCC 4.5 has already
-# removed the warning from the compiler.
-#
-$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS += -Wno-psabi
-
 ifneq ($(ARCH_MIPS_PAGE_SHIFT),)
 $(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS += -DPAGE_SHIFT=$(ARCH_MIPS_PAGE_SHIFT)
 endif
diff --git a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips64.mk b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips64.mk
index 5c359de03..dfd19ef98 100644
--- a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips64.mk
+++ b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips64.mk
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ endif
 TARGET_NDK_GCC_VERSION := 4.8
 
 ifeq ($(strip $(TARGET_GCC_VERSION_EXP)),)
-TARGET_GCC_VERSION := 4.8
+TARGET_GCC_VERSION := 4.9
 else
 TARGET_GCC_VERSION := $(TARGET_GCC_VERSION_EXP)
 endif
@@ -100,24 +100,6 @@ TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS += \
 			-include $(android_config_h) \
 			-I $(dir $(android_config_h))
 
-# This warning causes dalvik not to build with gcc 4.6+ and -Werror.
-# We cannot turn it off blindly since the option is not available
-# in gcc-4.4.x.
-ifneq ($(filter 4.6 4.6.% 4.7 4.7.% 4.8, $(TARGET_GCC_VERSION)),)
-TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS += -Wno-unused-but-set-variable \
-                        -fno-strict-volatile-bitfields
-endif
-
-# This is to avoid the dreaded warning compiler message:
-#   note: the mangling of 'va_list' has changed in GCC 4.4
-#
-# The fact that the mangling changed does not affect the NDK ABI
-# very fortunately (since none of the exposed APIs used va_list
-# in their exported C++ functions). Also, GCC 4.5 has already
-# removed the warning from the compiler.
-#
-TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS += -Wno-psabi
-
 ifneq ($(ARCH_MIPS_PAGE_SHIFT),)
 TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS += -DPAGE_SHIFT=$(ARCH_MIPS_PAGE_SHIFT)
 endif
diff --git a/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32-fp.mk b/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32-fp.mk
index e60bdacd2..8320e9392 100644
--- a/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32-fp.mk
+++ b/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32-fp.mk
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
 ARCH_MIPS_HAS_FPU	:=true
 ARCH_HAVE_ALIGNED_DOUBLES :=true
 arch_variant_cflags := \
-    -EL \
-    -march=mips32 \
-    -mtune=mips32 \
     -mips32 \
-    -mhard-float
+    -mfp32 \
+    -modd-spreg \
 
 arch_variant_ldflags := \
-    -EL
+    -Wl,-melf32ltsmip
diff --git a/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32.mk b/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 35ef0d8a0..000000000
--- a/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Configuration for Android on MIPS.
-# Generating binaries for MIPS32/soft-float/little-endian
-
-arch_variant_cflags := \
-    -EL \
-    -march=mips32 \
-    -mtune=mips32 \
-    -mips32 \
-    -msoft-float
-
-arch_variant_ldflags := \
-    -EL
diff --git a/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2-fp-xburst.mk b/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2-fp-xburst.mk
index 8b0fef144..2b4f71484 100644
--- a/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2-fp-xburst.mk
+++ b/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2-fp-xburst.mk
@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@
 ARCH_MIPS_HAS_FPU :=true
 ARCH_HAVE_ALIGNED_DOUBLES :=true
 arch_variant_cflags := \
-    -EL \
-    -march=mips32r2 \
-    -mtune=mips32r2 \
     -mips32r2 \
-    -mhard-float \
+    -mfp32 \
+    -modd-spreg \
     -mno-fused-madd \
     -Wa,-mmxu
 
 arch_variant_ldflags := \
-    -EL
+    -Wl,-melf32ltsmip
diff --git a/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2-fp.mk b/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2-fp.mk
index 08d91dfac..9acb0185f 100644
--- a/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2-fp.mk
+++ b/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2-fp.mk
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@
 ARCH_MIPS_HAS_FPU	:=true
 ARCH_HAVE_ALIGNED_DOUBLES :=true
 arch_variant_cflags := \
-    -EL \
-    -march=mips32r2 \
-    -mtune=mips32r2 \
     -mips32r2 \
-    -mhard-float \
+    -mfp32 \
+    -modd-spreg \
     -msynci
 
 arch_variant_ldflags := \
-    -EL
+    -Wl,-melf32ltsmip
diff --git a/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2.mk b/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 16ce76f9e..000000000
--- a/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# Configuration for Android on MIPS.
-# Generating binaries for MIPS32R2/soft-float/little-endian
-
-arch_variant_cflags := \
-    -EL \
-    -march=mips32r2 \
-    -mtune=mips32r2 \
-    -mips32r2 \
-    -msoft-float \
-    -msynci
-
-arch_variant_ldflags := \
-    -EL
diff --git a/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2dsp-fp.mk b/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2dsp-fp.mk
index fe2b1feb7..c4b49b6c0 100644
--- a/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2dsp-fp.mk
+++ b/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2dsp-fp.mk
@@ -6,13 +6,11 @@ ARCH_MIPS_DSP_REV	:=1
 ARCH_MIPS_HAS_FPU       :=true
 ARCH_HAVE_ALIGNED_DOUBLES :=true
 arch_variant_cflags := \
-    -EL \
-    -march=mips32r2 \
-    -mtune=mips32r2 \
     -mips32r2 \
-    -mhard-float \
+    -mfp32 \
+    -modd-spreg \
     -mdsp \
     -msynci
 
 arch_variant_ldflags := \
-    -EL
+    -Wl,-melf32ltsmip
diff --git a/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2dsp.mk b/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2dsp.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a8976ca6..000000000
--- a/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2dsp.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Configuration for Android on MIPS.
-# Generating binaries for MIPS32R2/soft-float/little-endian/dsp
-
-ARCH_MIPS_HAS_DSP  	:=true
-ARCH_MIPS_DSP_REV	:=1
-
-arch_variant_cflags := \
-    -EL \
-    -march=mips32r2 \
-    -mtune=mips32r2 \
-    -mips32r2 \
-    -msoft-float \
-    -mdsp \
-    -msynci
-
-arch_variant_ldflags := \
-    -EL
diff --git a/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2dspr2-fp.mk b/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2dspr2-fp.mk
index 7e882b34e..8b05ffc51 100644
--- a/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2dspr2-fp.mk
+++ b/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2dspr2-fp.mk
@@ -6,13 +6,11 @@ ARCH_MIPS_DSP_REV	:=2
 ARCH_MIPS_HAS_FPU       :=true
 ARCH_HAVE_ALIGNED_DOUBLES :=true
 arch_variant_cflags := \
-    -EL \
-    -march=mips32r2 \
-    -mtune=mips32r2 \
     -mips32r2 \
-    -mhard-float \
+    -mfp32 \
+    -modd-spreg \
     -mdspr2 \
     -msynci
 
 arch_variant_ldflags := \
-    -EL
+    -Wl,-melf32ltsmip
diff --git a/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2dspr2.mk b/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2dspr2.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index c311523f0..000000000
--- a/core/combo/arch/mips/mips32r2dspr2.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Configuration for Android on MIPS.
-# Generating binaries for MIPS32R2/soft-float/little-endian/dsp
-
-ARCH_MIPS_HAS_DSP  	:=true
-ARCH_MIPS_DSP_REV	:=2
-
-arch_variant_cflags := \
-    -EL \
-    -march=mips32r2 \
-    -mtune=mips32r2 \
-    -mips32r2 \
-    -msoft-float \
-    -mdspr2 \
-    -msynci
-
-arch_variant_ldflags := \
-    -EL
diff --git a/core/combo/arch/mips64/mips64r2.mk b/core/combo/arch/mips64/mips64r2.mk
index 298aeaf64..c5710d0ba 100644
--- a/core/combo/arch/mips64/mips64r2.mk
+++ b/core/combo/arch/mips64/mips64r2.mk
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 # Configuration for Android on mips64r2.
 
+# This target is for temporary use only, until mips64r6 is supported by Android's qemu.
+
 ARCH_MIPS_HAS_FPU	:=true
 ARCH_HAVE_ALIGNED_DOUBLES :=true
 arch_variant_cflags := \
-    -EL \
-    -march=mips64r2 \
-    -mtune=mips64r2 \
     -mips64r2 \
-    -mhard-float \
     -msynci
 
-arch_variant_ldflags := \
-    -EL
diff --git a/envsetup.sh b/envsetup.sh
index 29e4c4c02..ca282b66d 100644
--- a/envsetup.sh
+++ b/envsetup.sh
@@ -137,9 +137,7 @@ function setpaths()
         arm64) toolchaindir=aarch64/aarch64-linux-android-$targetgccversion/bin;
                toolchaindir2=arm/arm-linux-androideabi-$targetgccversion2/bin
             ;;
-        mips) toolchaindir=mips/mipsel-linux-android-$targetgccversion/bin
-            ;;
-        mips64) toolchaindir=mips/mips64el-linux-android-$targetgccversion/bin
+        mips|mips64) toolchaindir=mips/mips64el-linux-android-$targetgccversion/bin
             ;;
         *)
             echo "Can't find toolchain for unknown architecture: $ARCH"
@@ -1002,8 +1000,7 @@ function gdbclient()
    case "$ARCH" in
        arm) GDB=arm-linux-androideabi-gdb;;
        arm64) GDB=arm-linux-androideabi-gdb; GDB64=aarch64-linux-android-gdb;;
-       mips) GDB=mipsel-linux-android-gdb;;
-       mips64) GDB=mipsel-linux-android-gdb;;
+       mips|mips64) GDB=mips64el-linux-android-gdb;;
        x86) GDB=x86_64-linux-android-gdb;;
        x86_64) GDB=x86_64-linux-android-gdb;;
        *) echo "Unknown arch $ARCH"; return 1;;
diff --git a/target/board/generic_mips/Android.mk b/target/board/generic_mips/Android.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index abf8d5769..000000000
--- a/target/board/generic_mips/Android.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)