diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
index 271ce6c473..9c8036f4df 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ KERNEL_EXTRA_ARGS ?= ""
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += ' CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" OBJCOPY="${KERNEL_OBJCOPY}"'
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += ' HOSTCC="${BUILD_CC}" HOSTCFLAGS="${BUILD_CFLAGS}" HOSTLDFLAGS="${BUILD_LDFLAGS}" HOSTCPP="${BUILD_CPP}"'
-EXTRA_OEMAKE += ' HOSTCXX="${BUILD_CXX}" HOSTCXXFLAGS="${BUILD_CXXFLAGS}" PAHOLE=false'
+EXTRA_OEMAKE += ' HOSTCXX="${BUILD_CXX}" HOSTCXXFLAGS="${BUILD_CXXFLAGS}"'
 
 KERNEL_ALT_IMAGETYPE ??= ""