diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a3595a6b4dfa..ca64f96bd193 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -802,7 +802,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-tautological-compare
 # See modpost pattern 2
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mno-global-merge
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, undefined-optimized)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-builtin
 else
 
 # Warn about unmarked fall-throughs in switch statement.