diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
index 3288dfa..d0f1cd2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # Building vDSO images for x86.
 #
 
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(DISABLE_LTO)
 KASAN_SANITIZE			:= n
 UBSAN_SANITIZE			:= n
 OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD	:= y
@@ -49,8 +48,7 @@
 
 VDSO_LDFLAGS_vdso.lds = -m64 -Wl,-soname=linux-vdso.so.1 \
 			-Wl,--no-undefined \
-			-Wl,-z,max-page-size=4096 -Wl,-z,common-page-size=4096 \
-			$(DISABLE_LTO)
+			-Wl,-z,max-page-size=4096 -Wl,-z,common-page-size=4096
 
 $(obj)/vdso64.so.dbg: $(src)/vdso.lds $(vobjs) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,vdso)
@@ -171,7 +169,7 @@
 		 sh $(srctree)/$(src)/checkundef.sh '$(NM)' '$@'
 
 VDSO_LDFLAGS = -fPIC -shared $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=both) \
-	$(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--build-id) -Wl,-Bsymbolic $(LTO_CFLAGS)
+	$(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--build-id) -Wl,-Bsymbolic
 GCOV_PROFILE := n
 
 #
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 1e5c131..aa662ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -151,23 +151,6 @@
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LTO
-/* Work around a LTO gcc problem: when there is no reference to a variable
- * in a module it will be moved to the end of the program. This causes
- * reordering of initcalls which the kernel does not like.
- * Add a dummy reference function to avoid this. The function is
- * deleted by the linker.
- */
-#define LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL(x) \
-	; /* yes this is needed */			\
-	static __used __exit void *reference_##x(void)	\
-	{						\
-		return &x;				\
-	}
-#else
-#define LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL(x)
-#endif
-
 /* initcalls are now grouped by functionality into separate 
  * subsections. Ordering inside the subsections is determined
  * by link order. 
@@ -180,8 +163,7 @@
 
 #define __define_initcall(fn, id) \
 	static initcall_t __initcall_##fn##id __used \
-	__attribute__((__section__(".initcall" #id ".init"))) = fn; \
-	LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL(__initcall_##fn##id)
+	__attribute__((__section__(".initcall" #id ".init"))) = fn;
 
 /*
  * Early initcalls run before initializing SMP.
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index e2ec54e..f80ce82 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_kcov.o := n
 KASAN_SANITIZE_kcov.o := n
 
-# cond_syscall is currently not LTO compatible
-CFLAGS_sys_ni.o = $(DISABLE_LTO)
-
 obj-y += sched/
 obj-y += locking/
 obj-y += power/
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 11602e5..a5dd16f 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 $(multi-objs-y:.o=.lst) : modname = $(modname-multi)
 
 quiet_cmd_cc_s_c = CC $(quiet_modtag)  $@
-cmd_cc_s_c       = $(CC) $(c_flags) $(DISABLE_LTO) -fverbose-asm -S -o $@ $<
+cmd_cc_s_c       = $(CC) $(c_flags) -fverbose-asm -S -o $@ $<
 
 $(obj)/%.s: $(src)/%.c FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_s_c)