diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index dd275008fc59c9a4aaa38f9ecb28777d365f381f..e4a062313bb040dffcbbe0fdc4b00c733369b99e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ ifeq ($(ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS), 1)
 	KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-maccumulate-outgoing-args,)
 endif
 
-cfi-sections := $(call as-instr,.cfi_sections .debug_frame,-DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1)
-
 # does binutils support specific instructions?
 asinstr += $(call as-instr,pshufb %xmm0$(comma)%xmm0,-DCONFIG_AS_SSSE3=1)
 avx_instr := $(call as-instr,vxorps %ymm0$(comma)%ymm1$(comma)%ymm2,-DCONFIG_AS_AVX=1)
@@ -188,8 +186,8 @@ sha1_ni_instr :=$(call as-instr,sha1msg1 %xmm0$(comma)%xmm1,-DCONFIG_AS_SHA1_NI=
 sha256_ni_instr :=$(call as-instr,sha256msg1 %xmm0$(comma)%xmm1,-DCONFIG_AS_SHA256_NI=1)
 adx_instr := $(call as-instr,adox %r10$(comma)%r10,-DCONFIG_AS_ADX=1)
 
-KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(cfi-sections) $(asinstr) $(avx_instr) $(avx2_instr) $(avx512_instr) $(sha1_ni_instr) $(sha256_ni_instr) $(adx_instr)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cfi-sections) $(asinstr) $(avx_instr) $(avx2_instr) $(avx512_instr) $(sha1_ni_instr) $(sha256_ni_instr) $(adx_instr)
+KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(asinstr) $(avx_instr) $(avx2_instr) $(avx512_instr) $(sha1_ni_instr) $(sha256_ni_instr) $(adx_instr)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(asinstr) $(avx_instr) $(avx2_instr) $(avx512_instr) $(sha1_ni_instr) $(sha256_ni_instr) $(adx_instr)
 
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS := -m elf_$(UTS_MACHINE)
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/dwarf2.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/dwarf2.h
index 882db09d5dfbe99ac2f5d42f0af44148f6b4f00e..430fca13bb56830c58458da9bbc639e64afb2fbe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/dwarf2.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/dwarf2.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #define CFI_UNDEFINED		.cfi_undefined
 #define CFI_ESCAPE		.cfi_escape
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS)
 #ifndef BUILD_VDSO
 	/*
 	 * Emit CFI data in .debug_frame sections, not .eh_frame sections.
@@ -38,6 +37,5 @@
 	  */
 	.cfi_sections .eh_frame, .debug_frame
 #endif
-#endif
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_DWARF2_H */