diff --git a/Makefile.cache b/Makefile.cache
index 9772471749..2a47c9427e 100644
--- a/Makefile.cache
+++ b/Makefile.cache
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 # Run the 'touch cache.skip.common' command in the base directory to exclude the common files from caching
 SONIC_COMMON_FILES_LIST :=  $(if $(wildcard cache.skip.common),, .platform slave.mk rules/functions Makefile.cache)
 SONIC_COMMON_FLAGS_LIST :=  $(CONFIGURED_PLATFORM) \
+                            $(CONFIGURED_ARCH) \
                             $(BLDENV) \
                             $(SONIC_DEBUGGING_ON) \
                             $(SONIC_PROFILING_ON) $(SONIC_ENABLE_SYNCD_RPC)
diff --git a/rules/linux-kernel.dep b/rules/linux-kernel.dep
index 6063ddded9..4706f56afb 100644
--- a/rules/linux-kernel.dep
+++ b/rules/linux-kernel.dep
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 
 SPATH       := $($(LINUX_HEADERS_COMMON)_SRC_PATH)
-DEP_FILES   := $(SONIC_COMMON_FILES_LIST) rules/linux-kernel.mk rules/linux-kernel.dep
-DEP_FILES   += $(SONIC_COMMON_BASE_FILES_LIST)
+DEP_FILES   := rules/linux-kernel.mk rules/linux-kernel.dep
 SMDEP_FILES := $(addprefix $(SPATH)/,$(shell cd $(SPATH) && git ls-files))
 
 DEP_FLAGS := $(SONIC_COMMON_FLAGS_LIST) \