diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 454dde68ff..1636700429 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -4428,7 +4428,7 @@ Intel/AMD @code{x86_64} architecture, Linux-Libre kernel;
 Intel 32-bit architecture (IA32), Linux-Libre kernel;
 
 @item armhf-linux
-ARMv7-A architecture with hard float, Thumb-2 and VFP3D16 coprocessor,
+ARMv7-A architecture with hard float, Thumb-2 and NEON,
 using the EABI hard-float ABI, and Linux-Libre kernel.
 
 @item mips64el-linux
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
index 23bfd90b33..8b88dff4dc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
@@ -55,9 +55,7 @@ where the OS part is overloaded to denote a specific ABI---into GCC
          '("--with-arch=armv7-a"
            "--with-float=hard"
            "--with-mode=thumb"
-
-           ;; See <https://wiki.debian.org/ArmHardFloatPort/VfpComparison#FPU>
-           "--with-fpu=vfpv3-d16"))
+           "--with-fpu=neon"))
 
         (else
          ;; TODO: Add `arm.*-gnueabi', etc.