diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index eb1f8f249dc3..b4c72da8a7ad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export REALMODE_CFLAGS
 export BITS
 
 ifdef CONFIG_X86_NEED_RELOCS
-        LDFLAGS_vmlinux := --emit-relocs
+        LDFLAGS_vmlinux := --emit-relocs --discard-none
 endif
 
 #