diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cb0713320bc9..197646a248ae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -890,7 +890,6 @@ endif
 ifdef CONFIG_LTO_CLANG
 ifdef CONFIG_THINLTO
 lto-clang-flags	:= -flto=thin
-KBUILD_LDFLAGS	+= --thinlto-cache-dir=.thinlto-cache
 else
 lto-clang-flags	:= -flto
 endif