diff --git a/gcc/common/config/riscv/riscv-common.cc b/gcc/common/config/riscv/riscv-common.cc
index 682826c0e3444bedcb55d372c8e2bbf551469a4a..d2912877784d97b01bd310ee5b56276a4372b082 100644
--- a/gcc/common/config/riscv/riscv-common.cc
+++ b/gcc/common/config/riscv/riscv-common.cc
@@ -855,7 +855,6 @@ riscv_subset_list::to_string (bool version_p) const
 
   bool skip_zifencei = false;
   bool skip_zaamo_zalrsc = false;
-  bool skip_zabha = false;
   bool skip_zicsr = false;
   bool i2p0 = false;
 
@@ -884,13 +883,11 @@ riscv_subset_list::to_string (bool version_p) const
   skip_zifencei = true;
 #endif
 #ifndef HAVE_AS_MARCH_ZAAMO_ZALRSC
-  /* Skip since binutils 2.42 and earlier don't recognize zaamo/zalrsc.  */
+  /* Skip since binutils 2.42 and earlier don't recognize zaamo/zalrsc.
+     Expanding 'a' to zaamo/zalrsc would otherwise break compilations
+     for users with an older version of binutils.  */
   skip_zaamo_zalrsc = true;
 #endif
-#ifndef HAVE_AS_MARCH_ZABHA
-  /* Skip since binutils 2.42 and earlier don't recognize zabha.  */
-  skip_zabha = true;
-#endif
 
   for (subset = m_head; subset != NULL; subset = subset->next)
     {
@@ -908,9 +905,6 @@ riscv_subset_list::to_string (bool version_p) const
       if (skip_zaamo_zalrsc && subset->name == "zalrsc")
 	continue;
 
-      if (skip_zabha && subset->name == "zabha")
-	continue;
-
       /* For !version_p, we only separate extension with underline for
 	 multi-letter extension.  */
       if (!first &&
diff --git a/gcc/config.in b/gcc/config.in
index bc819005bd62454d0b09cc42bbb7123d31ea8905..3af153eaec5cc473a91732db18bb126c1297b800 100644
--- a/gcc/config.in
+++ b/gcc/config.in
@@ -635,12 +635,6 @@
 #endif
 
 
-/* Define if the assembler understands -march=rv*_zabha. */
-#ifndef USED_FOR_TARGET
-#undef HAVE_AS_MARCH_ZABHA
-#endif
-
-
 /* Define if the assembler understands -march=rv*_zifencei. */
 #ifndef USED_FOR_TARGET
 #undef HAVE_AS_MARCH_ZIFENCEI
diff --git a/gcc/configure b/gcc/configure
index 01acca7fb5ccc6533ac11895697cd0d3f9b97a04..7541bdeb724828ba45b86e9301b37c7c190180bd 100755
--- a/gcc/configure
+++ b/gcc/configure
@@ -30882,37 +30882,6 @@ if test $gcc_cv_as_riscv_march_zaamo_zalrsc = yes; then
 
 $as_echo "#define HAVE_AS_MARCH_ZAAMO_ZALRSC 1" >>confdefs.h
 
-fi
-
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking assembler for -march=rv32i_zabha support" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking assembler for -march=rv32i_zabha support... " >&6; }
-if ${gcc_cv_as_riscv_march_zabha+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  gcc_cv_as_riscv_march_zabha=no
-  if test x$gcc_cv_as != x; then
-    $as_echo '' > conftest.s
-    if { ac_try='$gcc_cv_as $gcc_cv_as_flags -march=rv32i_zabha -o conftest.o conftest.s >&5'
-  { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$ac_try\""; } >&5
-  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
-  ac_status=$?
-  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  test $ac_status = 0; }; }
-    then
-	gcc_cv_as_riscv_march_zabha=yes
-    else
-      echo "configure: failed program was" >&5
-      cat conftest.s >&5
-    fi
-    rm -f conftest.o conftest.s
-  fi
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $gcc_cv_as_riscv_march_zabha" >&5
-$as_echo "$gcc_cv_as_riscv_march_zabha" >&6; }
-if test $gcc_cv_as_riscv_march_zabha = yes; then
-
-$as_echo "#define HAVE_AS_MARCH_ZABHA 1" >>confdefs.h
-
 fi
 
     ;;
diff --git a/gcc/configure.ac b/gcc/configure.ac
index 3f20c107b6aa4e2b39152f0e3b80f62ad09d8e23..52c1780379d58e1412fcd1732759d37aba46995d 100644
--- a/gcc/configure.ac
+++ b/gcc/configure.ac
@@ -5461,11 +5461,6 @@ configured with --enable-newlib-nano-formatted-io.])
       [-march=rv32i_zaamo_zalrsc],,,
       [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_AS_MARCH_ZAAMO_ZALRSC, 1,
 		 [Define if the assembler understands -march=rv*_zaamo_zalrsc.])])
-    gcc_GAS_CHECK_FEATURE([-march=rv32i_zabha support],
-      gcc_cv_as_riscv_march_zabha,
-      [-march=rv32i_zabha],,,
-      [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_AS_MARCH_ZABHA, 1,
-		 [Define if the assembler understands -march=rv*_zabha.])])
     ;;
     loongarch*-*-*)
     gcc_GAS_CHECK_FEATURE([.dtprelword support],