diff --git a/cmake/bintools/arcmwdt/target.cmake b/cmake/bintools/arcmwdt/target.cmake
index 14d070cbfc9..a093049f495 100644
--- a/cmake/bintools/arcmwdt/target.cmake
+++ b/cmake/bintools/arcmwdt/target.cmake
@@ -2,23 +2,23 @@
 
 # Configures binary tools as mwdt binutils
 
-find_program(CMAKE_ELF2BIN ${CROSS_COMPILE}elf2bin   PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-find_program(CMAKE_OBJDUMP ${CROSS_COMPILE}elfdumpac PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-find_program(CMAKE_AS      ${CROSS_COMPILE}ccac      PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-find_program(CMAKE_AR      ${CROSS_COMPILE}arac      PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-find_program(CMAKE_RANLIB  ${CROSS_COMPILE}arac      PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-find_program(CMAKE_READELF ${CROSS_COMPILE}elfdumpac PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-find_program(CMAKE_NM      ${CROSS_COMPILE}nmac      PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-find_program(CMAKE_STRIP   ${CROSS_COMPILE}stripac   PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-find_program(CMAKE_SIZE    ${CROSS_COMPILE}sizeac    PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-find_program(CMAKE_ELF2HEX ${CROSS_COMPILE}elf2hex   PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_ELF2BIN ${CROSS_COMPILE}elf2bin   PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_OBJDUMP ${CROSS_COMPILE}elfdumpac PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_AS      ${CROSS_COMPILE}ccac      PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_AR      ${CROSS_COMPILE}arac      PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_RANLIB  ${CROSS_COMPILE}arac      PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_READELF ${CROSS_COMPILE}elfdumpac PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_NM      ${CROSS_COMPILE}nmac      PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_STRIP   ${CROSS_COMPILE}stripac   PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_SIZE    ${CROSS_COMPILE}sizeac    PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_ELF2HEX ${CROSS_COMPILE}elf2hex   PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
 
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_ARCHIVE_CREATE "<CMAKE_AR> -rq <TARGET> <LINK_FLAGS> <OBJECTS>")
 SET(CMAKE_C_ARCHIVE_CREATE "<CMAKE_AR> -rq <TARGET> <LINK_FLAGS> <OBJECTS>")
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_ARCHIVE_FINISH "<CMAKE_AR> -sq <TARGET>")
 SET(CMAKE_C_ARCHIVE_FINISH "<CMAKE_AR> -sq <TARGET>")
 
-find_program(CMAKE_GDB     ${CROSS_COMPILE}mdb     PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_GDB     ${CROSS_COMPILE}mdb     PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
 
 # MWDT binutils don't support required features like section renaming, so we
 # temporarily had to use GNU objcopy instead
diff --git a/cmake/bintools/armclang/target.cmake b/cmake/bintools/armclang/target.cmake
index 529028f7367..faa7cc0a20d 100644
--- a/cmake/bintools/armclang/target.cmake
+++ b/cmake/bintools/armclang/target.cmake
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 # Configures binary tools as mwdt binutils
 
-find_program(CMAKE_FROMELF fromelf  PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME}/bin NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-find_program(CMAKE_AS      armasm    PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME}/bin NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-find_program(CMAKE_AR      armar     PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME}/bin NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_FROMELF fromelf   PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME}/bin NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_AS      armasm    PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME}/bin NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_AR      armar     PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME}/bin NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
 
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_ARCHIVE_CREATE "<CMAKE_AR> -rq <TARGET> <LINK_FLAGS> <OBJECTS>")
 SET(CMAKE_C_ARCHIVE_CREATE "<CMAKE_AR> -rq <TARGET> <LINK_FLAGS> <OBJECTS>")
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_ARCHIVE_FINISH "<CMAKE_AR> -sq <TARGET>")
 SET(CMAKE_C_ARCHIVE_FINISH "<CMAKE_AR> -sq <TARGET>")
 
-find_program(CMAKE_GDB     ${CROSS_COMPILE}mdb     PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_GDB     ${CROSS_COMPILE}mdb     PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
 
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/target_bintools.cmake)
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/arcmwdt/generic.cmake b/cmake/compiler/arcmwdt/generic.cmake
index d062c962684..66a2404fd71 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/arcmwdt/generic.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/arcmwdt/generic.cmake
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_DTS_PREPROCESSOR)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Zephyr was unable to find any GNU compiler (ARC or host one) for DTS preprocessing")
 endif()
 
-find_program(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${CROSS_COMPILE}ccac PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-find_program(CMAKE_LLVM_COV ${CROSS_COMPILE}llvm-cov PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${CROSS_COMPILE}ccac PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_LLVM_COV ${CROSS_COMPILE}llvm-cov PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
 set(CMAKE_GCOV "${CMAKE_LLVM_COV} gcov")
 
 if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER STREQUAL CMAKE_C_COMPILER-NOTFOUND)
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/arcmwdt/target.cmake b/cmake/compiler/arcmwdt/target.cmake
index cd53a4e7f3d..bb3652c66ff 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/arcmwdt/target.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/arcmwdt/target.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # find the compilers for C, CPP, assembly
-find_program(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${CROSS_COMPILE}ccac PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-find_program(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${CROSS_COMPILE}ccac PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-find_program(CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER ${CROSS_COMPILE}ccac PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${CROSS_COMPILE}ccac PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${CROSS_COMPILE}ccac PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER ${CROSS_COMPILE}ccac PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
 # The CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS variable is used by check_c_compiler_flag()
 # (and other commands which end up calling check_c_source_compiles())
 # to add additional compiler flags used during checking. These flags
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/armclang/generic.cmake b/cmake/compiler/armclang/generic.cmake
index 44d34ddcdbe..9045dd656a0 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/armclang/generic.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/armclang/generic.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Configures CMake for using ccac
 
-find_program(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${CROSS_COMPILE}armclang PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME}/bin NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${CROSS_COMPILE}armclang PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME}/bin NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
 
 set(triple arm-arm-none-eabi)
 
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/armclang/target.cmake b/cmake/compiler/armclang/target.cmake
index c84089fa1ae..526081f7d1c 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/armclang/target.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/armclang/target.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # find the compilers for C, CPP, assembly
-find_program(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${CROSS_COMPILE}armclang PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-find_program(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${CROSS_COMPILE}armclang PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-find_program(CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER ${CROSS_COMPILE}armclang PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${CROSS_COMPILE}armclang PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${CROSS_COMPILE}armclang PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER ${CROSS_COMPILE}armclang PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
 
 # The CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS variable is used by check_c_compiler_flag()
 # (and other commands which end up calling check_c_source_compiles())
diff --git a/cmake/linker/arcmwdt/target.cmake b/cmake/linker/arcmwdt/target.cmake
index c5d2b34ec2b..ce9ee99ff42 100644
--- a/cmake/linker/arcmwdt/target.cmake
+++ b/cmake/linker/arcmwdt/target.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 set_property(TARGET linker PROPERTY devices_start_symbol "__device_start")
 
-find_program(CMAKE_LINKER ${CROSS_COMPILE}lldac PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_LINKER ${CROSS_COMPILE}lldac PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
 
 # the prefix to transfer linker options from compiler
 set_ifndef(LINKERFLAGPREFIX -Wl,)
diff --git a/cmake/linker/armlink/target.cmake b/cmake/linker/armlink/target.cmake
index a185be8cabb..8f777c7800d 100644
--- a/cmake/linker/armlink/target.cmake
+++ b/cmake/linker/armlink/target.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set_property(TARGET linker PROPERTY devices_start_symbol "Image$$device$$Base")
 
-find_program(CMAKE_LINKER ${CROSS_COMPILE}armlink PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_program(CMAKE_LINKER ${CROSS_COMPILE}armlink PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
 
 add_custom_target(armlink)