diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/Makefile b/arch/s390/boot/Makefile
index da9dad35c28e..d1fa37fcce83 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/Makefile
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@
 # Makefile for the linux s390-specific parts of the memory manager.
 #
 
-COMPILE_VERSION := __linux_compile_version_id__`hostname |  \
-			tr -c '[0-9A-Za-z]' '_'`__`date | \
-			tr -c '[0-9A-Za-z]' '_'`_t
-
-ccflags-y  := -DCOMPILE_VERSION=$(COMPILE_VERSION) -gstabs -I.
-
 targets := image
 targets += bzImage
 subdir- := compressed