diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/rk3506_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/rk3506_defconfig
index 313d7fc4292e..06dc4ccd234e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/rk3506_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/rk3506_defconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 # CONFIG_RD_LZ4 is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_ZSTD is not set
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
+CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION=y
 # CONFIG_BUG is not set
 # CONFIG_ELF_CORE is not set
 # CONFIG_BASE_FULL is not set