diff --git a/arch/sh/boot/compressed/Makefile_32 b/arch/sh/boot/compressed/Makefile_32
index 6ac8d4a4ed1d87986b8a3debb9caa6ce2df31237..c0d25fb1aa608bb4829294d0907bde736a02f82c 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boot/compressed/Makefile_32
+++ b/arch/sh/boot/compressed/Makefile_32
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 targets		:= vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz \
 		   head_32.o misc_32.o piggy.o
-EXTRA_AFLAGS	:= -traditional
 
 OBJECTS = $(obj)/head_32.o $(obj)/misc_32.o
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/boot/compressed/Makefile_64 b/arch/sh/boot/compressed/Makefile_64
index 4334f2b86d8f2e109750e34a29014cc4feae680c..912f3e205a0d38678c532cff4a884f80fd541d77 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boot/compressed/Makefile_64
+++ b/arch/sh/boot/compressed/Makefile_64
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 targets		:= vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz \
 		   head_64.o misc_64.o cache.o piggy.o
-EXTRA_AFLAGS	:= -traditional
 
 OBJECTS		:= $(obj)/vmlinux_64.lds $(obj)/head_64.o $(obj)/misc_64.o \
 		   $(obj)/cache.o