diff --git a/interface/meson.build b/interface/meson.build
index 5fbfc6ae0..d38285bcf 100644
--- a/interface/meson.build
+++ b/interface/meson.build
@@ -91,12 +91,6 @@ _static_libs += static_library(
         '-DBUILD_DOUBLE=1',
         '-DBUILD_COMPLEX=1',
         '-DBUILD_COMPLEX16=1',
-        '-UASMNAME',
-        '-UASMFNAME',
-        '-UNAME',
-        '-UCNAME',
-        '-UCHAR_NAME',
-        '-UCHAR_CNAME',
         '-DASMNAME=cblas_drot',
         '-DASMFNAME=cblas_drot_',
         '-DNAME=cblas_drot_',
diff --git a/kernel/meson.build b/kernel/meson.build
index 777056ad9..592b6b1ff 100644
--- a/kernel/meson.build
+++ b/kernel/meson.build
@@ -794,12 +794,6 @@ _configs = [
         '-DBUILD_DOUBLE=1',
         '-DBUILD_COMPLEX=1',
         '-DBUILD_COMPLEX16=1',
-        '-UASMNAME',
-        '-UASMFNAME',
-        '-UNAME',
-        '-UCNAME',
-        '-UCHAR_NAME',
-        '-UCHAR_CNAME',
         '-DASMNAME=drot_k',
         '-DASMFNAME=drot_k_',
         '-DNAME=drot_k_',
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 15a7b9526..4ac4e7694 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -197,6 +197,15 @@ bldroot = meson.build_root()
 _cargs += ['-include', f'@bldroot@/simd_conf.h']
 add_project_arguments(simd_cargs, language: 'c')
 
+# Common symbol related options
+symnames = ['ASMNAME', 'ASMFNAME', 'NAME', 'CNAME', 'CHAR_NAME', 'CHAR_CNAME']
+
+# Other common options, move later
+foreach symb : symnames
+  _cargs += f'-U@symb@'
+endforeach
+
+
 # Ignoring other hostarch checks and conflicts for arch in BSD for now
 _inc = include_directories('.')
 # subdir('lapack-netlib')