diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5e95887f7a1c..d4f43d2d0d53 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -516,37 +516,20 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(cc-name),clang)
 ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
-CLANG_TARGET	:= --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
-GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR := $(dir $(shell which $(LD)))
-CLANG_PREFIX	:= --prefix=$(GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR)
+CLANG_FLAGS	+= --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
+GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR := $(dir $(shell which $(CROSS_COMPILE)elfedit))
+CLANG_FLAGS	+= --prefix=$(GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR)
 GCC_TOOLCHAIN	:= $(realpath $(GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR)/..)
 endif
 ifneq ($(GCC_TOOLCHAIN),)
-CLANG_GCC_TC	:= --gcc-toolchain=$(GCC_TOOLCHAIN)
+CLANG_FLAGS	+= --gcc-toolchain=$(GCC_TOOLCHAIN)
+endif
+CLANG_FLAGS	+= -no-integrated-as
+CLANG_FLAGS	+= -Werror=unknown-warning-option
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(CLANG_FLAGS)
+KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(CLANG_FLAGS)
 endif
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(CLANG_TARGET) $(CLANG_GCC_TC) $(CLANG_PREFIX)
-KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(CLANG_TARGET) $(CLANG_GCC_TC) $(CLANG_PREFIX)
-KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Qunused-arguments,)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-variable)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, format-invalid-specifier)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, gnu)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, address-of-packed-member)
-# Quiet clang warning: comparison of unsigned expression < 0 is always false
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, tautological-compare)
-# CLANG uses a _MergedGlobals as optimization, but this breaks modpost, as the
-# source of a reference will be _MergedGlobals and not on of the whitelisted names.
-# See modpost pattern 2
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -mno-global-merge,)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fcatch-undefined-behavior)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -no-integrated-as)
-KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -no-integrated-as)
-else
 
-# These warnings generated too much noise in a regular build.
-# Use make W=1 to enable them (see scripts/Makefile.build)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-but-set-variable)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-const-variable)
-endif
 
 ifeq ($(mixed-targets),1)
 # ===========================================================================