diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index d754e0be1176..ebc692242b68 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ UBSAN_SANITIZE_kcov.o := n
 KMSAN_SANITIZE_kcov.o := n
 CFLAGS_kcov.o := $(call cc-option, -fno-conserve-stack) -fno-stack-protector
 
-# Don't instrument error handlers
-CFLAGS_REMOVE_cfi.o := $(CC_FLAGS_CFI)
-
 obj-y += sched/
 obj-y += locking/
 obj-y += power/