diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile b/arch/riscv/Makefile
index 1329e060c5482..b43a6bb7e4dcb 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 # for more details.
 #
 
-OBJCOPYFLAGS    := -O binary
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -z norelro
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE),y)
 	LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -shared -Bsymbolic -z notext --emit-relocs