diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.h b/target/arm/cpu.h
index d080239863c..0bd0e51e498 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.h
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.h
@@ -2281,12 +2281,6 @@ uint32_t arm_phys_excp_target_el(CPUState *cs, uint32_t excp_idx,
 /* Interface between CPU and Interrupt controller.  */
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
 bool armv7m_nvic_can_take_pending_exception(void *opaque);
-#else
-static inline bool armv7m_nvic_can_take_pending_exception(void *opaque)
-{
-    return true;
-}
-#endif
 /**
  * armv7m_nvic_set_pending: mark the specified exception as pending
  * @opaque: the NVIC
@@ -2392,13 +2386,7 @@ int armv7m_nvic_raw_execution_priority(void *opaque);
  * @secure: the security state to test
  * This corresponds to the pseudocode IsReqExecPriNeg().
  */
-#ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
 bool armv7m_nvic_neg_prio_requested(void *opaque, bool secure);
-#else
-static inline bool armv7m_nvic_neg_prio_requested(void *opaque, bool secure)
-{
-    return false;
-}
 #endif
 
 /* Interface for defining coprocessor registers.
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu_tcg.c b/target/arm/cpu_tcg.c
index 98544db2df3..3e1c9b40353 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu_tcg.c
+++ b/target/arm/cpu_tcg.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 /* CPU models. These are not needed for the AArch64 linux-user build. */
 #if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY) || !defined(TARGET_AARCH64)
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
 static bool arm_v7m_cpu_exec_interrupt(CPUState *cs, int interrupt_request)
 {
     CPUClass *cc = CPU_GET_CLASS(cs);
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ static bool arm_v7m_cpu_exec_interrupt(CPUState *cs, int interrupt_request)
     }
     return ret;
 }
+#endif /* CONFIG_USER_ONLY */
 
 static void arm926_initfn(Object *obj)
 {
@@ -666,9 +668,9 @@ static void arm_v7m_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     acc->info = data;
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
     cc->do_interrupt = arm_v7m_cpu_do_interrupt;
+    cc->cpu_exec_interrupt = arm_v7m_cpu_exec_interrupt;
 #endif
 
-    cc->cpu_exec_interrupt = arm_v7m_cpu_exec_interrupt;
     cc->gdb_core_xml_file = "arm-m-profile.xml";
 }
 
diff --git a/target/arm/helper.c b/target/arm/helper.c
index 47e266d7e64..fe3d0291f9c 100644
--- a/target/arm/helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/helper.c
@@ -12825,13 +12825,6 @@ int arm_mmu_idx_to_el(ARMMMUIdx mmu_idx)
     }
 }
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_TCG
-ARMMMUIdx arm_v7m_mmu_idx_for_secstate(CPUARMState *env, bool secstate)
-{
-    g_assert_not_reached();
-}
-#endif
-
 ARMMMUIdx arm_mmu_idx_el(CPUARMState *env, int el)
 {
     ARMMMUIdx idx;
diff --git a/target/arm/m_helper-stub.c b/target/arm/m_helper-stub.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d751424e86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/arm/m_helper-stub.c
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * ARM V7M related stubs.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "cpu.h"
+#include "exec/helper-proto.h"
+#include "internals.h"
+
+void HELPER(v7m_bxns)(CPUARMState *env, uint32_t dest)
+{
+    g_assert_not_reached();
+}
+
+void HELPER(v7m_blxns)(CPUARMState *env, uint32_t dest)
+{
+    g_assert_not_reached();
+}
+
+uint32_t HELPER(v7m_mrs)(CPUARMState *env, uint32_t reg)
+{
+    g_assert_not_reached();
+}
+
+void HELPER(v7m_msr)(CPUARMState *env, uint32_t maskreg, uint32_t val)
+{
+    g_assert_not_reached();
+}
+
+uint32_t HELPER(v7m_tt)(CPUARMState *env, uint32_t addr, uint32_t op)
+{
+    g_assert_not_reached();
+}
+
+void HELPER(v7m_preserve_fp_state)(CPUARMState *env)
+{
+    g_assert_not_reached();
+}
+
+void write_v7m_exception(CPUARMState *env, uint32_t new_exc)
+{
+    g_assert_not_reached();
+}
+
+void HELPER(v7m_vlldm)(CPUARMState *env, uint32_t fptr)
+{
+    g_assert_not_reached();
+}
+
+void HELPER(v7m_vlstm)(CPUARMState *env, uint32_t fptr)
+{
+    g_assert_not_reached();
+}
+
+ARMMMUIdx arm_v7m_mmu_idx_for_secstate(CPUARMState *env, bool secstate)
+{
+    g_assert_not_reached();
+}
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
+
+bool armv7m_nvic_can_take_pending_exception(void *opaque)
+{
+    g_assert_not_reached();
+}
+
+void arm_v7m_cpu_do_interrupt(CPUState *cs)
+{
+    g_assert_not_reached();
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_USER_ONLY */
diff --git a/target/arm/meson.build b/target/arm/meson.build
index 15b936c1010..6c6081966cd 100644
--- a/target/arm/meson.build
+++ b/target/arm/meson.build
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
   'gdbstub.c',
   'helper.c',
   'iwmmxt_helper.c',
-  'm_helper.c',
   'neon_helper.c',
   'op_helper.c',
   'tlb_helper.c',
@@ -32,6 +31,9 @@
 ))
 arm_ss.add(zlib)
 
+arm_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ARM_V7M', if_true: files('m_helper.c'), if_false: files('m_helper-stub.c'))
+arm_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_TCG', if_false: files('m_helper-stub.c'))
+
 arm_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_KVM', if_true: files('kvm.c', 'kvm64.c'), if_false: files('kvm-stub.c'))
 
 arm_ss.add(when: 'TARGET_AARCH64', if_true: files(
