diff --git a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
index 2f15a2ac4209cac748339aba85a4c09f87e88af5..d70c15de417b269983a433713faf6bfcffd717ac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
 # in turn leaves some undefined symbols like __fentry__ in purgatory and not
 # sure how to relocate those. Like kexec-tools, use custom flags.
 
-KBUILD_CFLAGS := -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -c -MD -Os -mcmodel=large
+KBUILD_CFLAGS := -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -c -Os -mcmodel=large
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -m$(BITS)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)