diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 73e80b917f12..77c742fa4fb1 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -125,11 +125,6 @@ CC_OPTION_CFLAGS = $(filter-out $(GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS),$(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
 cc-option = $(call __cc-option, $(CC),\
 	$(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(CC_OPTION_CFLAGS),$(1),$(2))
 
-# hostcc-option
-# Usage: cflags-y += $(call hostcc-option,-march=winchip-c6,-march=i586)
-hostcc-option = $(call __cc-option, $(HOSTCC),\
-	$(KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOST_EXTRACFLAGS),$(1),$(2))
-
 # cc-option-yn
 # Usage: flag := $(call cc-option-yn,-march=winchip-c6)
 cc-option-yn = $(call try-run,\