diff --git a/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile
index d237bc6841cb8608c2bb3118d549d8f9bf9c7c5b..32573b4f9bd20b13eba7bb51220e344dcf238178 100644
--- a/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ KCSAN_SANITIZE := n
 KBUILD_CFLAGS := -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-pointer-sign -Wno-sign-compare
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss -fno-builtin -ffreestanding
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -c -MD -Os -m64 -msoft-float -fno-common
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Os -m64 -msoft-float -fno-common
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-stack-protector
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(CLANG_FLAGS)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)