diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 83da32c1daf6..4008f2c3df5b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -456,7 +456,6 @@ OBJCOPY		= llvm-objcopy
 OBJDUMP		= llvm-objdump
 READELF		= llvm-readelf
 STRIP		= llvm-strip
-KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS	+= -fuse-ld=lld
 else
 CC		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
 LD		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld