diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 38d4741535b30..65dc4f93ffdbf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -757,7 +757,6 @@ ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -O2
 else ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -O3
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fno-tree-loop-vectorize)
 else ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Os
 endif