diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ca64f96bd193..ac4169832c64 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -797,10 +797,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-format-invalid-specifier
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-gnu
 # Quiet clang warning: comparison of unsigned expression < 0 is always false
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-tautological-compare
-# CLANG uses a _MergedGlobals as optimization, but this breaks modpost, as the
-# source of a reference will be _MergedGlobals and not on of the whitelisted names.
-# See modpost pattern 2
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mno-global-merge
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, undefined-optimized)
 else