diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6d71e01514d4..1c76d082dfe5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 187b9f2aa769198daa7cf8054abb65a08b8d8b47
+refs/heads/master: a9a8f77ac72d6dd3c92ea268291678836f77681c
diff --git a/trunk/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/trunk/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 57af16edc192..70ba0c0a1223 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/trunk/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -255,12 +255,6 @@ checkbin:
 		echo 'disable kernel modules' ; \
 		false ; \
 	fi
-	@if ! /bin/echo dssall | $(AS) -many -o $(TOUT) >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then \
-		echo -n '*** ${VERSION}.${PATCHLEVEL} kernels no longer build ' ; \
-		echo 'correctly with old versions of binutils.' ; \
-		echo '*** Please upgrade your binutils to 2.12.1 or newer' ; \
-		false ; \
-	fi
 
 CLEAN_FILES += $(TOUT)