diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 18ecb49f1af67949ebc481fe6412bd7b487448c8..3b3cd75bba8784a6daee26130c8bd239d070b6ad 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -793,10 +793,6 @@ ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -Qunused-arguments
 # The kernel builds with '-std=gnu11' so use of GNU extensions is acceptable.
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-gnu
-# CLANG uses a _MergedGlobals as optimization, but this breaks modpost, as the
-# source of a reference will be _MergedGlobals and not on of the whitelisted names.
-# See modpost pattern 2
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mno-global-merge
 else
 
 # gcc inanely warns about local variables called 'main'