diff --git a/arch/um/Makefile-x86_64 b/arch/um/Makefile-x86_64
index 11154b6773ec230302341d8889e79601677b47c1..87d63737eb7e1812e2c8673a3cca7edb72106622 100644
--- a/arch/um/Makefile-x86_64
+++ b/arch/um/Makefile-x86_64
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 core-y += arch/um/sys-x86_64/
 START := 0x60000000
 
-_extra_flags_ = -fno-builtin -m64 -mcmodel=kernel
+_extra_flags_ = -fno-builtin -m64
 
 #We #undef __x86_64__ for kernelspace, not for userspace where
 #it's needed for headers to work!