diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1b7cb9b8d656..ec0f95b59556 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ src := src
 srck := $(top)/util/kconfig
 obj ?= build
 override obj := $(subst $(top)/,,$(abspath $(obj)))
+xcompile ?= $(obj)/xcompile
 objutil ?= $(obj)/util
 objk := $(objutil)/kconfig
 absobj := $(abspath $(obj))
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ UNIT_TEST:=1
 NOCOMPILE:=
 endif
 
-.xcompile: util/xcompile/xcompile
+$(xcompile): util/xcompile/xcompile
 	rm -f $@
 	$< $(XGCCPATH) > $@.tmp
 	\mv -f $@.tmp $@ 2> /dev/null
@@ -146,15 +147,17 @@ ifneq ($(UNIT_TEST),1)
 include $(DOTCONFIG)
 endif
 
-# in addition to the dependency below, create the file if it doesn't exist
-# to silence stupid warnings about a file that would be generated anyway.
-$(if $(wildcard .xcompile)$(NOCOMPILE),,$(eval $(shell util/xcompile/xcompile $(XGCCPATH) > .xcompile || rm -f .xcompile)))
+# The toolchain requires xcompile to determine the ARCH_SUPPORTED, so we can't
+# wait for make to generate the file.
+$(if $(wildcard $(xcompile)),, $(shell \
+	mkdir -p $(dir $(xcompile)) && \
+	util/xcompile/xcompile $(XGCCPATH) > $(xcompile) || rm -f $(xcompile)))
 
--include .xcompile
+include $(xcompile)
 
 ifneq ($(XCOMPILE_COMPLETE),1)
-$(shell rm -f .xcompile)
-$(error .xcompile deleted because it's invalid. \
+$(shell rm -f $(xcompile))
+$(error $(xcompile) deleted because it's invalid. \
 	Restarting the build should fix that, or explain the problem)
 endif
 
diff --git a/Makefile.inc b/Makefile.inc
index 1212dae86fc3..2b9d58dc5303 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc
+++ b/Makefile.inc
@@ -520,7 +520,8 @@ build_h_exports := BUILD_TIMELESS KERNELVERSION COREBOOT_EXTRA_VERSION
 # Report new `build.ht` as dependency if `build.h` differs.
 build_h_check := \
 	export $(foreach exp,$(build_h_exports),$(exp)="$($(exp))"); \
-	util/genbuild_h/genbuild_h.sh .xcompile >$(build_h)t 2>/dev/null; \
+	util/genbuild_h/genbuild_h.sh $(xcompile) \
+		>$(build_h)t 2>/dev/null; \
 	cmp -s $(build_h)t $(build_h) >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo $(build_h)t
 
 $(build_h): $$(shell $$(build_h_check))
diff --git a/src/soc/nvidia/tegra124/lp0/Makefile b/src/soc/nvidia/tegra124/lp0/Makefile
index 68a3cb6da77e..dc33909befe5 100644
--- a/src/soc/nvidia/tegra124/lp0/Makefile
+++ b/src/soc/nvidia/tegra124/lp0/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
--include ../../../../../.xcompile
+xcompile ?= ../../../../../build/xcompile
+-include $(xcompile)
+
 GCC_PREFIX?=$(CROSS_COMPILE_arm)
 
 CC = $(GCC_PREFIX)gcc
diff --git a/src/soc/nvidia/tegra210/lp0/Makefile b/src/soc/nvidia/tegra210/lp0/Makefile
index 68a3cb6da77e..dc33909befe5 100644
--- a/src/soc/nvidia/tegra210/lp0/Makefile
+++ b/src/soc/nvidia/tegra210/lp0/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
--include ../../../../../.xcompile
+xcompile ?= ../../../../../build/xcompile
+-include $(xcompile)
+
 GCC_PREFIX?=$(CROSS_COMPILE_arm)
 
 CC = $(GCC_PREFIX)gcc
diff --git a/util/abuild/abuild b/util/abuild/abuild
index 2ba2f72d1fb6..408de12e7a0a 100755
--- a/util/abuild/abuild
+++ b/util/abuild/abuild
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ function compile_target
 	eval "$BUILDPREFIX" "$MAKE" "$verboseopt" DOTCONFIG="${build_dir}/config.build" obj="${build_dir}" objutil="$TARGET/sharedutils" BUILD_TIMELESS=$TIMELESS \
 		&> "${build_dir}/make.log" ; \
 		MAKE_FAILED=$?
-	cp "${ROOT}/.xcompile" "${build_dir}/xcompile.build"
 	cd "${build_dir}" || return $?
 
 	etime=$(perl -e 'print time();' 2>/dev/null || date +%s)
@@ -466,10 +465,10 @@ function build_config
 
 	missing_arches="$($MAKE --no-print-directory -f - \
 		REQUIRED_ARCHES="$required_arches" <<'EOF'
-include .xcompile
+include $(xcompile)
 .PHONY: missing_arches
 missing_arches:
-	$(if $(XCOMPILE_COMPLETE),,$(error .xcompile is invalid.))
+	$(if $(XCOMPILE_COMPLETE),,$(error $(xcompile) is invalid.))
 	@echo $(foreach arch,$(REQUIRED_ARCHES),$(if $(filter $(arch),$(SUBARCH_SUPPORTED)),,$(arch)))
 EOF
 )"
@@ -767,7 +766,9 @@ if ! mkdir -p "$TARGET"; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-$MAKE -C"${ROOT}" UPDATED_SUBMODULES=1 .xcompile || exit 1
+# Generate a single xcompile for all boards
+export xcompile="${TARGET}/xcompile"
+$MAKE -C"${ROOT}" UPDATED_SUBMODULES=1 "${xcompile}" || exit 1
 
 customizing=$(echo "$customizing" | cut -c3-)
 if [ "$customizing" = "" ]; then
diff --git a/util/crossgcc/Makefile.inc b/util/crossgcc/Makefile.inc
index 582e600c0428..74de5bd91eb7 100644
--- a/util/crossgcc/Makefile.inc
+++ b/util/crossgcc/Makefile.inc
@@ -65,7 +65,5 @@ jenkins-build-toolchain:
 	$(MAKE) crossgcc clang KEEP_SOURCES=1 BUILDGCC_OPTIONS='$(BUILDGCC_OPTIONS)'
 	#TODO: Re-enable gdb build after the builders can build it again.
 	#$(MAKE) crosstools clang KEEP_SOURCES=1 BUILDGCC_OPTIONS='$(BUILDGCC_OPTIONS)'
-	rm -f .xcompile
 	PATH=$(if $(DEST),$(DEST)/bin,$(top)/util/crossgcc/xgcc/bin):$$PATH; $(MAKE) what-jenkins-does
-	-cat .xcompile
 	PATH=$(if $(DEST),$(DEST)/bin,$(top)/util/crossgcc/xgcc/bin):$$PATH; $(MAKE) test-toolchain
diff --git a/util/docker/Makefile b/util/docker/Makefile
index cf14c0d5b481..a8fb5718247a 100644
--- a/util/docker/Makefile
+++ b/util/docker/Makefile
@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@ docker-run-local: test-docker $(DOCKER_CCACHE)
 
 docker-build-coreboot: docker-run-local
 docker-build-coreboot: override DOCKER_RUN_LOCAL := \
-	make clean && make $(BUILD_CMD); rm -f .xcompile
+	make clean && make $(BUILD_CMD)
 
 docker-abuild: docker-run-local
 docker-abuild: override DOCKER_RUN_LOCAL := \
-	make clean && util/abuild/abuild $(ABUILD_ARGS); rm -f .xcompile
+	make clean && util/abuild/abuild $(ABUILD_ARGS)
 
 docker-what-jenkins-does: docker-run-local
 docker-what-jenkins-does: override DOCKER_RUN_LOCAL := \
diff --git a/util/testing/Makefile.inc b/util/testing/Makefile.inc
index d09419682acb..989fe69ebb02 100644
--- a/util/testing/Makefile.inc
+++ b/util/testing/Makefile.inc
@@ -89,8 +89,10 @@ endif
 	unset COREBOOT_BUILD_DIR;$(MAKE) CPUS=$(CPUS) V=$(V) Q=$(Q) BLD_DIR=payloads/nvramcui BLD=nvramcui MFLAGS= MAKEFLAGS= MAKETARGET=all junit.xml
 	unset COREBOOT_BUILD_DIR;$(MAKE) CPUS=$(CPUS) V=$(V) Q=$(Q) BLD_DIR=payloads/coreinfo BLD=coreinfo MFLAGS= MAKEFLAGS= MAKETARGET=defaultbuild junit.xml
 	(cd payloads/libpayload; unset COREBOOT_BUILD_DIR; $(MAKE) $(if $(JENKINS_NOCCACHE),,CONFIG_LP_CCACHE=y) V=$(V) Q=$(Q) junit.xml)
-	$(MAKE) CPUS=$(CPUS) V=$(V) Q=$(Q) BLD_DIR=src/soc/nvidia/tegra124/lp0 BLD=tegra124_lp0 MFLAGS= MAKEFLAGS= MAKETARGET=all junit.xml
-	$(MAKE) CPUS=$(CPUS) V=$(V) Q=$(Q) BLD_DIR=src/soc/nvidia/tegra210/lp0 BLD=tegra120_lp0 MFLAGS= MAKEFLAGS= MAKETARGET=all junit.xml
+# These targets don't use the standard build system, so we need to provide an xcompile to them.
+	$(MAKE) xcompile=$(COREBOOT_BUILD_DIR)/xcompile $(COREBOOT_BUILD_DIR)/xcompile
+	$(MAKE) CPUS=$(CPUS) V=$(V) Q=$(Q) BLD_DIR=src/soc/nvidia/tegra124/lp0 BLD=tegra124_lp0 MFLAGS= MAKEFLAGS=xcompile=$(COREBOOT_BUILD_DIR)/xcompile MAKETARGET=all junit.xml
+	$(MAKE) CPUS=$(CPUS) V=$(V) Q=$(Q) BLD_DIR=src/soc/nvidia/tegra210/lp0 BLD=tegra120_lp0 MFLAGS= MAKEFLAGS=xcompile=$(COREBOOT_BUILD_DIR)/xcompile MAKETARGET=all junit.xml
 	$(MAKE) unit-tests JUNIT_OUTPUT=y
 
 test-basic: test-lint test-tools test-abuild test-payloads test-cleanup