diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 57c191c6d753..8fad00d03e52 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -947,7 +947,6 @@ endif
 ifdef CONFIG_LTO_CLANG
 ifdef CONFIG_THINLTO
 CC_FLAGS_LTO_CLANG := -flto=thin $(call cc-option, -fsplit-lto-unit)
-KBUILD_LDFLAGS	+= --thinlto-cache-dir=.thinlto-cache
 else
 CC_FLAGS_LTO_CLANG := -flto
 endif