diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 1f06670699404aafb55cb990b148bd4ba4a14f41..72d17f50e54fa7befc6b920fb781d393dd04a98a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mno-altivec)
 # (We use all available options to help semi-broken compilers)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mno-spe)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mspe=no)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mabi=no-spe)
 
 # Enable unit-at-a-time mode when possible. It shrinks the
 # kernel considerably.