diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/c.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/c.py
index 3d7c7794e..c520a9352 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/c.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/c.py
@@ -20,14 +20,13 @@ from ..mesonlib import MachineChoice, MesonException, mlog, version_compare
 from .c_function_attributes import C_FUNC_ATTRIBUTES
 from .mixins.clike import CLikeCompiler
 from .mixins.ccrx import CcrxCompiler
-from .mixins.arm import ArmCompiler
+from .mixins.arm import ArmCompiler, ArmclangCompiler
 from .mixins.visualstudio import VisualStudioLikeCompiler
 from .mixins.gnu import GnuCompiler
 from .mixins.intel import IntelGnuLikeCompiler, IntelVisualStudioLikeCompiler
 from .compilers import (
     gnu_winlibs,
     msvc_winlibs,
-    ArmclangCompiler,
     ClangCompiler,
     Compiler,
     CompilerType,
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
index 1dcf9437c..32a405dab 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
@@ -137,14 +137,6 @@ def is_library(fname):
     suffix = fname.split('.')[-1]
     return suffix in lib_suffixes
 
-armclang_buildtype_args = {'plain': [],
-                           'debug': ['-O0', '-g'],
-                           'debugoptimized': ['-O1', '-g'],
-                           'release': ['-Os'],
-                           'minsize': ['-Oz'],
-                           'custom': [],
-                           }
-
 cuda_buildtype_args = {'plain': [],
                        'debug': [],
                        'debugoptimized': [],
@@ -236,14 +228,6 @@ clang_color_args = {'auto': ['-Xclang', '-fcolor-diagnostics'],
                     'never': ['-Xclang', '-fno-color-diagnostics'],
                     }
 
-armclang_optimization_args = {'0': ['-O0'],
-                              'g': ['-g'],
-                              '1': ['-O1'],
-                              '2': ['-O2'],
-                              '3': ['-O3'],
-                              's': ['-Os']
-                              }
-
 clike_optimization_args = {'0': [],
                            'g': [],
                            '1': ['-O1'],
@@ -1457,105 +1441,3 @@ class ClangCompiler(GnuLikeCompiler):
         else:
             # Shouldn't work, but it'll be checked explicitly in the OpenMP dependency.
             return []
-
-
-class ArmclangCompiler:
-    def __init__(self, compiler_type):
-        if not self.is_cross:
-            raise EnvironmentException('armclang supports only cross-compilation.')
-        # Check whether 'armlink.exe' is available in path
-        self.linker_exe = 'armlink.exe'
-        args = '--vsn'
-        try:
-            p, stdo, stderr = Popen_safe(self.linker_exe, args)
-        except OSError as e:
-            err_msg = 'Unknown linker\nRunning "{0}" gave \n"{1}"'.format(' '.join([self.linker_exe] + [args]), e)
-            raise EnvironmentException(err_msg)
-        # Verify the armlink version
-        ver_str = re.search('.*Component.*', stdo)
-        if ver_str:
-            ver_str = ver_str.group(0)
-        else:
-            EnvironmentException('armlink version string not found')
-        # Using the regular expression from environment.search_version,
-        # which is used for searching compiler version
-        version_regex = r'(?<!(\d|\.))(\d{1,2}(\.\d+)+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)?)'
-        linker_ver = re.search(version_regex, ver_str)
-        if linker_ver:
-            linker_ver = linker_ver.group(0)
-        if not version_compare(self.version, '==' + linker_ver):
-            raise EnvironmentException('armlink version does not match with compiler version')
-        self.id = 'armclang'
-        self.compiler_type = compiler_type
-        self.base_options = ['b_pch', 'b_lto', 'b_pgo', 'b_sanitize', 'b_coverage',
-                             'b_ndebug', 'b_staticpic', 'b_colorout']
-        # Assembly
-        self.can_compile_suffixes.update('s')
-
-    def can_linker_accept_rsp(self):
-        return False
-
-    def get_pic_args(self):
-        # PIC support is not enabled by default for ARM,
-        # if users want to use it, they need to add the required arguments explicitly
-        return []
-
-    def get_colorout_args(self, colortype):
-        return clang_color_args[colortype][:]
-
-    def get_buildtype_args(self, buildtype):
-        return armclang_buildtype_args[buildtype]
-
-    def get_buildtype_linker_args(self, buildtype):
-        return arm_buildtype_linker_args[buildtype]
-
-    # Override CCompiler.get_std_shared_lib_link_args
-    def get_std_shared_lib_link_args(self):
-        return []
-
-    def get_pch_suffix(self):
-        return 'gch'
-
-    def get_pch_use_args(self, pch_dir, header):
-        # Workaround for Clang bug http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=15136
-        # This flag is internal to Clang (or at least not documented on the man page)
-        # so it might change semantics at any time.
-        return ['-include-pch', os.path.join(pch_dir, self.get_pch_name(header))]
-
-    # Override CCompiler.get_dependency_gen_args
-    def get_dependency_gen_args(self, outtarget, outfile):
-        return []
-
-    # Override CCompiler.build_rpath_args
-    def build_rpath_args(self, build_dir, from_dir, rpath_paths, build_rpath, install_rpath):
-        return []
-
-    def get_linker_exelist(self):
-        return [self.linker_exe]
-
-    def get_optimization_args(self, optimization_level):
-        return armclang_optimization_args[optimization_level]
-
-    def get_debug_args(self, is_debug):
-        return clike_debug_args[is_debug]
-
-    def gen_export_dynamic_link_args(self, env):
-        """
-        The args for export dynamic
-        """
-        return ['--export_dynamic']
-
-    def gen_import_library_args(self, implibname):
-        """
-        The args of the outputted import library
-
-        ArmLinker's symdefs output can be used as implib
-        """
-        return ['--symdefs=' + implibname]
-
-    def compute_parameters_with_absolute_paths(self, parameter_list, build_dir):
-        for idx, i in enumerate(parameter_list):
-            if i[:2] == '-I' or i[:2] == '-L':
-                parameter_list[idx] = i[:2] + os.path.normpath(os.path.join(build_dir, i[2:]))
-
-        return parameter_list
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py
index 89d7197d8..15846b10c 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py
@@ -27,13 +27,12 @@ from .compilers import (
     ClangCompiler,
     ElbrusCompiler,
     PGICompiler,
-    ArmclangCompiler,
     Compiler,
 )
 from .c_function_attributes import CXX_FUNC_ATTRIBUTES, C_FUNC_ATTRIBUTES
 from .mixins.clike import CLikeCompiler
 from .mixins.ccrx import CcrxCompiler
-from .mixins.arm import ArmCompiler
+from .mixins.arm import ArmCompiler, ArmclangCompiler
 from .mixins.visualstudio import VisualStudioLikeCompiler
 from .mixins.gnu import GnuCompiler
 from .mixins.intel import IntelGnuLikeCompiler, IntelVisualStudioLikeCompiler
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/arm.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/arm.py
index ba6e0b139..d7b02ab00 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/arm.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/arm.py
@@ -51,6 +51,21 @@ arm_optimization_args = {
     's': [],
 }  # type: typing.Dict[str, typing.List[str]]
 
+armclang_buildtype_args = {'plain': [],
+                           'debug': ['-O0', '-g'],
+                           'debugoptimized': ['-O1', '-g'],
+                           'release': ['-Os'],
+                           'minsize': ['-Oz'],
+                           'custom': [],
+                           }
+armclang_optimization_args = {'0': ['-O0'],
+                              'g': ['-g'],
+                              '1': ['-O1'],
+                              '2': ['-O2'],
+                              '3': ['-O3'],
+                              's': ['-Os']
+                              }
+
 
 class ArmCompiler:
     # Functionality that is common to all ARM family compilers.
@@ -134,4 +149,106 @@ class ArmCompiler:
             if i[:2] == '-I' or i[:2] == '-L':
                 parameter_list[idx] = i[:2] + os.path.normpath(os.path.join(build_dir, i[2:]))
 
+        return parameter_list
+
+
+class ArmclangCompiler:
+    def __init__(self, compiler_type):
+        if not self.is_cross:
+            raise EnvironmentException('armclang supports only cross-compilation.')
+        # Check whether 'armlink.exe' is available in path
+        self.linker_exe = 'armlink.exe'
+        args = '--vsn'
+        try:
+            p, stdo, stderr = Popen_safe(self.linker_exe, args)
+        except OSError as e:
+            err_msg = 'Unknown linker\nRunning "{0}" gave \n"{1}"'.format(' '.join([self.linker_exe] + [args]), e)
+            raise EnvironmentException(err_msg)
+        # Verify the armlink version
+        ver_str = re.search('.*Component.*', stdo)
+        if ver_str:
+            ver_str = ver_str.group(0)
+        else:
+            EnvironmentException('armlink version string not found')
+        # Using the regular expression from environment.search_version,
+        # which is used for searching compiler version
+        version_regex = r'(?<!(\d|\.))(\d{1,2}(\.\d+)+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)?)'
+        linker_ver = re.search(version_regex, ver_str)
+        if linker_ver:
+            linker_ver = linker_ver.group(0)
+        if not version_compare(self.version, '==' + linker_ver):
+            raise EnvironmentException('armlink version does not match with compiler version')
+        self.id = 'armclang'
+        self.compiler_type = compiler_type
+        self.base_options = ['b_pch', 'b_lto', 'b_pgo', 'b_sanitize', 'b_coverage',
+                             'b_ndebug', 'b_staticpic', 'b_colorout']
+        # Assembly
+        self.can_compile_suffixes.update('s')
+
+    def can_linker_accept_rsp(self):
+        return False
+
+    def get_pic_args(self):
+        # PIC support is not enabled by default for ARM,
+        # if users want to use it, they need to add the required arguments explicitly
+        return []
+
+    def get_colorout_args(self, colortype):
+        return clang_color_args[colortype][:]
+
+    def get_buildtype_args(self, buildtype):
+        return armclang_buildtype_args[buildtype]
+
+    def get_buildtype_linker_args(self, buildtype):
+        return arm_buildtype_linker_args[buildtype]
+
+    # Override CCompiler.get_std_shared_lib_link_args
+    def get_std_shared_lib_link_args(self):
+        return []
+
+    def get_pch_suffix(self):
+        return 'gch'
+
+    def get_pch_use_args(self, pch_dir, header):
+        # Workaround for Clang bug http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=15136
+        # This flag is internal to Clang (or at least not documented on the man page)
+        # so it might change semantics at any time.
+        return ['-include-pch', os.path.join(pch_dir, self.get_pch_name(header))]
+
+    # Override CCompiler.get_dependency_gen_args
+    def get_dependency_gen_args(self, outtarget, outfile):
+        return []
+
+    # Override CCompiler.build_rpath_args
+    def build_rpath_args(self, build_dir, from_dir, rpath_paths, build_rpath, install_rpath):
+        return []
+
+    def get_linker_exelist(self):
+        return [self.linker_exe]
+
+    def get_optimization_args(self, optimization_level):
+        return armclang_optimization_args[optimization_level]
+
+    def get_debug_args(self, is_debug):
+        return clike_debug_args[is_debug]
+
+    def gen_export_dynamic_link_args(self, env):
+        """
+        The args for export dynamic
+        """
+        return ['--export_dynamic']
+
+    def gen_import_library_args(self, implibname):
+        """
+        The args of the outputted import library
+
+        ArmLinker's symdefs output can be used as implib
+        """
+        return ['--symdefs=' + implibname]
+
+    def compute_parameters_with_absolute_paths(self, parameter_list, build_dir):
+        for idx, i in enumerate(parameter_list):
+            if i[:2] == '-I' or i[:2] == '-L':
+                parameter_list[idx] = i[:2] + os.path.normpath(os.path.join(build_dir, i[2:]))
+
         return parameter_list
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