diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bfd0c0aa19b3..cd729e17b578 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -838,12 +838,11 @@ endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_LTO_CLANG
 ifdef CONFIG_THINLTO
-lto-clang-flags	:= -flto=thin
-KBUILD_LDFLAGS	+= --thinlto-cache-dir=.thinlto-cache
+lto-clang-flags	:= -flto=thin -fsplit-lto-unit
 else
 lto-clang-flags	:= -flto
 endif
-lto-clang-flags += -fvisibility=default $(call cc-option, -fsplit-lto-unit)
+lto-clang-flags += -fvisibility=default
 
 # Limit inlining across translation units to reduce binary size
 LD_FLAGS_LTO_CLANG := -mllvm -import-instr-limit=5