diff --git a/tools/profiles/debug.json b/tools/profiles/debug.json
index b298ad73778..707dc75b2cd 100644
--- a/tools/profiles/debug.json
+++ b/tools/profiles/debug.json
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@
                    "-Wno-armcc-pragma-push-pop", "-Wno-armcc-pragma-anon-unions",
                    "-Wno-reserved-user-defined-literal", "-Wno-deprecated-register",
                    "-DMULADDC_CANNOT_USE_R7", "-fdata-sections",
-                   "-fno-exceptions", "-MMD", "-D_LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE(...)=",
-                   "-fshort-enums", "-fshort-wchar", "-DMBED_DEBUG",
-                   "-DMBED_TRAP_ERRORS_ENABLED=1"],
+                   "-fno-exceptions", "-MMD", "-fshort-enums", "-fshort-wchar",
+                   "-DMBED_DEBUG", "-DMBED_TRAP_ERRORS_ENABLED=1"],
         "asm": [],
         "c": ["-D__ASSERT_MSG", "-std=gnu11"],
         "cxx": ["-fno-rtti", "-std=gnu++14"],
diff --git a/tools/profiles/develop.json b/tools/profiles/develop.json
index 7dd8a96d175..07b41863bb1 100644
--- a/tools/profiles/develop.json
+++ b/tools/profiles/develop.json
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
                    "-Wno-armcc-pragma-push-pop", "-Wno-armcc-pragma-anon-unions",
                    "-Wno-reserved-user-defined-literal", "-Wno-deprecated-register",
                    "-DMULADDC_CANNOT_USE_R7", "-fdata-sections",
-                   "-fno-exceptions", "-MMD", "-D_LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE(...)=",
-                   "-fshort-enums", "-fshort-wchar", "-DMBED_TRAP_ERRORS_ENABLED=1"],
+                   "-fno-exceptions", "-MMD", "-fshort-enums", "-fshort-wchar",
+                   "-DMBED_TRAP_ERRORS_ENABLED=1"],
         "asm": [],
         "c": ["-D__ASSERT_MSG", "-std=gnu11"],
         "cxx": ["-fno-rtti", "-std=gnu++14"],
diff --git a/tools/profiles/release.json b/tools/profiles/release.json
index 2aab24f6c80..8af45664243 100644
--- a/tools/profiles/release.json
+++ b/tools/profiles/release.json
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
                    "-Wno-armcc-pragma-push-pop", "-Wno-armcc-pragma-anon-unions",
                    "-Wno-reserved-user-defined-literal", "-Wno-deprecated-register",
                    "-DMULADDC_CANNOT_USE_R7", "-fdata-sections",
-                   "-fno-exceptions", "-MMD", "-D_LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE(...)=",
-                   "-fshort-enums", "-fshort-wchar", "-DNDEBUG"],
+                   "-fno-exceptions", "-MMD", "-fshort-enums", "-fshort-wchar",
+                   "-DNDEBUG"],
         "asm": [],
         "c": ["-D__ASSERT_MSG", "-std=gnu11"],
         "cxx": ["-fno-rtti", "-std=gnu++14"],