diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 473f1aa76f6d..4dac1107913b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ LINUXINCLUDE    := \
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS := -D__KERNEL__
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   := -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
-		   -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common \
+		   -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fshort-wchar \
 		   -Werror-implicit-function-declaration \
 		   -Wno-format-security \
 		   -std=gnu89 $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)
diff --git a/drivers/xen/Makefile b/drivers/xen/Makefile
index 8feab810aed9..7f188b8d0c67 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/xen/Makefile
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ obj-y	+= xenbus/
 nostackp := $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector)
 CFLAGS_features.o			:= $(nostackp)
 
-CFLAGS_efi.o				+= -fshort-wchar
-LDFLAGS					+= $(call ld-option, --no-wchar-size-warning)
-
 dom0-$(CONFIG_ARM64) += arm-device.o
 dom0-$(CONFIG_PCI) += pci.o
 dom0-$(CONFIG_USB_SUPPORT) += dbgp.o