diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 51540b291738..342d26432553 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -921,15 +921,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, maybe-uninitialized)
 # disable invalid "can't wrap" optimizations for signed / pointers
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-strict-overflow)
 
-# clang sets -fmerge-all-constants by default as optimization, but this
-# is non-conforming behavior for C and in fact breaks the kernel, so we
-# need to disable it here generally.
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-merge-all-constants)
-
-# for gcc -fno-merge-all-constants disables everything, but it is fine
-# to have actual conforming behavior enabled.
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fmerge-constants)
-
 # Make sure -fstack-check isn't enabled (like gentoo apparently did)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS  += $(call cc-option,-fno-stack-check,)