endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
-KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL   += $(call cc-option,-ffunction-sections,)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL   += $(call cc-option,-fdata-sections,)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL += -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --gc-sections
 endif
 
 # arch Makefile may override CC so keep this after arch Makefile is included
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += $(LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID)
 
-ifdef CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux        += $(call ld-option, --gc-sections,)
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS),y)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux        += $(call ld-option, -X,)
 endif
 
        bool "Dead code and data elimination (EXPERIMENTAL)"
        depends on HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
        depends on EXPERT
+       depends on $(cc-option,-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections)
+       depends on $(ld-option,--gc-sections)
        help
          Enable this if you want to do dead code and data elimination with
          the linker by compiling with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections,