diff --git a/gas/config/mips-big.mt b/gas/config/mips-big.mt
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+TDEFINES=-DTARGET_BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN
diff --git a/gas/config/mips-lit.mt b/gas/config/mips-lit.mt
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+TDEFINES=-DTARGET_BYTES_LITTLE_ENDIAN