diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index f7d7bf19e4fba48807885224f0239214f38666c5..21c39ff2dc39b41c52d0ea04fb66defab5786118 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	/* Text and gots */
 	.text : {
 		_text = .;
-		*(.text.*)
 		TEXT_TEXT
 		SCHED_TEXT
 		LOCK_TEXT