diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 35977b269d5e..a08d558b1aaa 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -3742,7 +3742,7 @@ F:	net/sched/act_bpf.c
 F:	net/sched/cls_bpf.c
 F:	samples/bpf/
 F:	scripts/bpf_doc.py
-F:	scripts/pahole-flags.sh
+F:	scripts/Makefile.btf
 F:	scripts/pahole-version.sh
 F:	tools/bpf/
 F:	tools/lib/bpf/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fed9a6cc3665..eaddec67e5e1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -513,8 +513,6 @@ LZ4		= lz4c
 XZ		= xz
 ZSTD		= zstd
 
-PAHOLE_FLAGS	= $(shell PAHOLE=$(PAHOLE) $(srctree)/scripts/pahole-flags.sh)
-
 CHECKFLAGS     := -D__linux__ -Dlinux -D__STDC__ -Dunix -D__unix__ \
 		  -Wbitwise -Wno-return-void -Wno-unknown-attribute $(CF)
 NOSTDINC_FLAGS :=
@@ -605,7 +603,6 @@ export KBUILD_RUSTFLAGS RUSTFLAGS_KERNEL RUSTFLAGS_MODULE
 export KBUILD_AFLAGS AFLAGS_KERNEL AFLAGS_MODULE
 export KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE KBUILD_RUSTFLAGS_MODULE KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE
 export KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL KBUILD_RUSTFLAGS_KERNEL
-export PAHOLE_FLAGS
 
 # Files to ignore in find ... statements
 
@@ -1002,6 +999,7 @@ KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fmacro-prefix-map=$(srctree)/=)
 # include additional Makefiles when needed
 include-y			:= scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
 include-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO)	+= scripts/Makefile.debug
+include-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF)+= scripts/Makefile.btf
 include-$(CONFIG_KASAN)		+= scripts/Makefile.kasan
 include-$(CONFIG_KCSAN)		+= scripts/Makefile.kcsan
 include-$(CONFIG_KMSAN)		+= scripts/Makefile.kmsan
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.btf b/scripts/Makefile.btf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..82377e470aed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.btf
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+pahole-ver := $(CONFIG_PAHOLE_VERSION)
+pahole-flags-y :=
+
+# pahole 1.18 through 1.21 can't handle zero-sized per-CPU vars
+ifeq ($(call test-le, $(pahole-ver), 121),y)
+pahole-flags-$(call test-ge, $(pahole-ver), 118)	+= --skip_encoding_btf_vars
+endif
+
+pahole-flags-$(call test-ge, $(pahole-ver), 121)	+= --btf_gen_floats
+
+pahole-flags-$(call test-ge, $(pahole-ver), 122)	+= -j
+
+pahole-flags-$(CONFIG_PAHOLE_HAS_LANG_EXCLUDE)		+= --lang_exclude=rust
+
+pahole-flags-$(call test-ge, $(pahole-ver), 125)	+= --skip_encoding_btf_inconsistent_proto --btf_gen_optimized
+
+export PAHOLE_FLAGS := $(pahole-flags-y)
diff --git a/scripts/pahole-flags.sh b/scripts/pahole-flags.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 728d55190d97..000000000000
--- a/scripts/pahole-flags.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-
-extra_paholeopt=
-
-if ! [ -x "$(command -v ${PAHOLE})" ]; then
-	exit 0
-fi
-
-pahole_ver=$($(dirname $0)/pahole-version.sh ${PAHOLE})
-
-if [ "${pahole_ver}" -ge "118" ] && [ "${pahole_ver}" -le "121" ]; then
-	# pahole 1.18 through 1.21 can't handle zero-sized per-CPU vars
-	extra_paholeopt="${extra_paholeopt} --skip_encoding_btf_vars"
-fi
-if [ "${pahole_ver}" -ge "121" ]; then
-	extra_paholeopt="${extra_paholeopt} --btf_gen_floats"
-fi
-if [ "${pahole_ver}" -ge "122" ]; then
-	extra_paholeopt="${extra_paholeopt} -j"
-fi
-if [ "${pahole_ver}" -ge "124" ]; then
-	# see PAHOLE_HAS_LANG_EXCLUDE
-	extra_paholeopt="${extra_paholeopt} --lang_exclude=rust"
-fi
-if [ "${pahole_ver}" -ge "125" ]; then
-	extra_paholeopt="${extra_paholeopt} --skip_encoding_btf_inconsistent_proto --btf_gen_optimized"
-fi
-
-echo ${extra_paholeopt}