diff --git a/include/imx8image.h b/include/imx8image.h
index 68ec9f5fcd..00c614ab6c 100644
--- a/include/imx8image.h
+++ b/include/imx8image.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <image.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include "imagetool.h"
-#include "linux/kernel.h"
 
 #define __packed   __attribute__((packed))
 
diff --git a/tools/ifwitool.c b/tools/ifwitool.c
index 543e9d4e70..b2b06cc921 100644
--- a/tools/ifwitool.c
+++ b/tools/ifwitool.c
@@ -8,15 +8,13 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include "imagetool.h"
 #include "os_support.h"
 
 #ifndef __packed
 #define __packed		__attribute__((packed))
 #endif
 #define KiB			1024
-#define ALIGN(x, a)		__ALIGN_MASK((x), (typeof(x))(a) - 1)
-#define __ALIGN_MASK(x, mask)	(((x) + (mask)) & ~(mask))
-#define ARRAY_SIZE(x)		(sizeof(x) / sizeof((x)[0]))
 
 /*
  * min()/max()/clamp() macros that also do
diff --git a/tools/imagetool.h b/tools/imagetool.h
index e1c778b0df..81e5cd0c5c 100644
--- a/tools/imagetool.h
+++ b/tools/imagetool.h
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 
 #define ARRAY_SIZE(x)		(sizeof(x) / sizeof((x)[0]))
 
+#define __ALIGN_MASK(x, mask)	(((x) + (mask)) & ~(mask))
+#define ALIGN(x, a)		__ALIGN_MASK((x), (typeof(x))(a) - 1)
+
 #define IH_ARCH_DEFAULT		IH_ARCH_INVALID
 
 /* Information about a file that needs to be placed into the FIT */
diff --git a/tools/imx8mimage.c b/tools/imx8mimage.c
index 2b0d946a7d..7defb13962 100644
--- a/tools/imx8mimage.c
+++ b/tools/imx8mimage.c
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ static uint32_t rom_version = ROM_V1;
 
 #define HDMI_FW_SIZE		0x17000 /* Use Last 0x1000 for IVT and CSF */
 #define ALIGN_SIZE		0x1000
-#define ALIGN(x,a)	__ALIGN_MASK((x), (__typeof__(x))(a) - 1, a)
-#define __ALIGN_MASK(x,mask,mask2) (((x) + (mask)) / (mask2) * (mask2))
 
 static uint32_t get_cfg_value(char *token, char *name,  int linenr)
 {
diff --git a/tools/mksunxiboot.c b/tools/mksunxiboot.c
index 1c8701e75e..a18c9d98bc 100644
--- a/tools/mksunxiboot.c
+++ b/tools/mksunxiboot.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include "imagetool.h"
 #include "../arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/spl.h"
 
 #define STAMP_VALUE                     0x5F0A6C39
@@ -44,9 +45,6 @@ int gen_check_sum(struct boot_file_head *head_p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define ALIGN(x, a) __ALIGN_MASK((x), (typeof(x))(a)-1)
-#define __ALIGN_MASK(x, mask) (((x)+(mask))&~(mask))
-
 #define SUNXI_SRAM_SIZE 0x8000	/* SoC with smaller size are limited before */
 #define SRAM_LOAD_MAX_SIZE (SUNXI_SRAM_SIZE - sizeof(struct boot_file_head))