diff --git a/security/integrity/Makefile b/security/integrity/Makefile
index 19faace69644..b6d6273a4176 100644
--- a/security/integrity/Makefile
+++ b/security/integrity/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ integrity-$(CONFIG_INTEGRITY_PLATFORM_KEYRING) += platform_certs/platform_keyrin
 integrity-$(CONFIG_LOAD_UEFI_KEYS) += platform_certs/efi_parser.o \
 					platform_certs/load_uefi.o
 integrity-$(CONFIG_LOAD_IPL_KEYS) += platform_certs/load_ipl_s390.o
-$(obj)/load_uefi.o: KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fshort-wchar
 
 subdir-$(CONFIG_IMA)			+= ima
 obj-$(CONFIG_IMA)			+= ima/