diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
index 3dc4b65da99dc00636dbf71fa8941b3119888110..ce2bb6270a4ef57cefec0a1bb6dee1b0ff79c7b2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ ccflags-y := -fno-common -fno-builtin -fno-stack-protector -ffixed-x18
 ccflags-y += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
 
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_vgettimeofday.o = $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE) -Os $(CC_FLAGS_SCS) $(GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS			+= $(DISABLE_LTO)
 KASAN_SANITIZE			:= n
 UBSAN_SANITIZE			:= n
 OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD	:= y
diff --git a/arch/sparc/vdso/Makefile b/arch/sparc/vdso/Makefile
index 469dd23887abbed928f88b64ca36fcf2549756ae..c5e1545bc5cf9e7b1642723abec263fc953be046 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sparc/vdso/Makefile
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 # Building vDSO images for sparc.
 #
 
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(DISABLE_LTO)
-
 VDSO64-$(CONFIG_SPARC64)	:= y
 VDSOCOMPAT-$(CONFIG_COMPAT)	:= y
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
index ebba25ed9a38602d7f57cfdc9060273f15a2b432..21243747965d3ccc6a6cd28a4845e28a8e95721b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS := R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT|R_X86_64_GLOB_DAT|R_X86_64_RELATIVE|
 ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS += R_386_GLOB_DAT|R_386_JMP_SLOT|R_386_RELATIVE
 include $(srctree)/lib/vdso/Makefile
 
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(DISABLE_LTO)
-
 # Sanitizer runtimes are unavailable and cannot be linked here.
 KASAN_SANITIZE			:= n
 UBSAN_SANITIZE			:= n
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 9a20016d4900d12cbdbd400018b50b288b3c92ef..347254f07dab14df7f378501c9645e9c76ff5a8a 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ KASAN_SANITIZE_kcov.o := n
 KCSAN_SANITIZE_kcov.o := n
 CFLAGS_kcov.o := $(call cc-option, -fno-conserve-stack) -fno-stack-protector
 
-# cond_syscall is currently not LTO compatible
-CFLAGS_sys_ni.o = $(DISABLE_LTO)
-
 obj-y += sched/
 obj-y += locking/
 obj-y += power/
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index a467b93234424756b7528c463c65e4b3fbe64916..ae647379b57953d4b291b850f4712a5926d4400f 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ endif
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 quiet_cmd_cc_s_c = CC $(quiet_modtag)  $@
-      cmd_cc_s_c = $(CC) $(filter-out $(DEBUG_CFLAGS), $(c_flags)) $(DISABLE_LTO) -fverbose-asm -S -o $@ $<
+      cmd_cc_s_c = $(CC) $(filter-out $(DEBUG_CFLAGS), $(c_flags)) -fverbose-asm -S -o $@ $<
 
 $(obj)/%.s: $(src)/%.c FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_s_c)