-ARCH:=$(strip $(subst ",, $(CONFIG_ARCH)))
-TARGET_OPTIMIZATION:=$(strip $(subst ",, $(CONFIG_TARGET_OPTIMIZATION)))
-WGET:=$(strip $(subst ",, $(CONFIG_WGET)))
-#"))"))")) # fix vim's broken syntax highlighting
+_SINGLE=export MAKEFLAGS=$(space);
+CFLAGS:=
+ARCH:=$(subst i486,i386,$(subst i586,i386,$(subst i686,i386,$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_ARCH)))))
+BOARD:=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_TARGET_BOARD))
+TARGET_OPTIMIZATION:=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_TARGET_OPTIMIZATION))
+TARGET_SUFFIX=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_TARGET_SUFFIX))
+BUILD_SUFFIX:=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_BUILD_SUFFIX))
+GCCV:=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_GCC_VERSION))
+LIBC:=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_LIBC))
+LIBCV:=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_LIBC_VERSION))
+SUBDIR:=$(patsubst $(TOPDIR)/%,%,${CURDIR})