diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile.um b/arch/x86/Makefile.um
index 45af19921ebd23090c2e2ffe775ea3c5f37d6961..5296f8c9e7f0dc13f46f5844ebfa8c37aab3b455 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile.um
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile.um
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS		+= $(call cc-option,-m32)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS		+= $(call cc-option,-m32)
 LINK-y			+= $(call cc-option,-m32)
 
-export LDFLAGS
-
 LDS_EXTRA		:= -Ui386
 export LDS_EXTRA