diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5882c30771..c9c2cbedc6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -591,12 +591,6 @@ endif
 # Prohibit date/time macros, which would make the build non-deterministic
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-Werror=date-time)
 
-ifneq ($(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE),)
-KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=$(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE)
-endif
-
-export CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
-
 include scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
 
 # Add user supplied CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS as the last assignments