diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e3382860a35ad..d5db1b24d309d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -737,9 +737,6 @@ ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -O2
 else ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -O3
-ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-tree-loop-vectorize
-endif
 else ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Os
 endif