diff --git a/arch/openrisc/Makefile b/arch/openrisc/Makefile
index 70e06d34006c..bf10141c7426 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/openrisc/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := or1ksim_defconfig
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS    := -O binary -R .note -R .comment -S
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux :=
 LIBGCC 		:= $(shell $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -print-libgcc-file-name)
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -pipe -ffixed-r10 -D__linux__
@@ -50,5 +49,3 @@ else
 BUILTIN_DTB := n
 endif
 core-$(BUILTIN_DTB) += arch/openrisc/boot/dts/
-
-all: vmlinux