diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f384d4e29dfc..2c5f677afa88 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -661,10 +661,6 @@ else
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += -O2
 endif
 
-ifdef CONFIG_CC_DISABLE_WARN_MAYBE_UNINITIALIZED
-KBUILD_CFLAGS   += -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
-endif
-
 # Tell gcc to never replace conditional load with a non-conditional one
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,--param=allow-store-data-races=0)
 
@@ -804,6 +800,9 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, pointer-sign)
 # disable stringop warnings in gcc 8+
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, stringop-truncation)
 
+# Enabled with W=2, disabled by default as noisy
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, maybe-uninitialized)
+
 # disable invalid "can't wrap" optimizations for signed / pointers
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-strict-overflow)
 
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index fc71fb0bb228..46075327c165 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -16,22 +16,6 @@ config DEFCONFIG_LIST
 	default "$ARCH_DEFCONFIG"
 	default "arch/$ARCH/defconfig"
 
-config CC_HAS_WARN_MAYBE_UNINITIALIZED
-	def_bool $(cc-option,-Wmaybe-uninitialized)
-	help
-	  GCC >= 4.7 supports this option.
-
-config CC_DISABLE_WARN_MAYBE_UNINITIALIZED
-	bool
-	depends on CC_HAS_WARN_MAYBE_UNINITIALIZED
-	default CC_IS_GCC && GCC_VERSION < 40900  # unreliable for GCC < 4.9
-	help
-	  GCC's -Wmaybe-uninitialized is not reliable by definition.
-	  Lots of false positive warnings are produced in some cases.
-
-	  If this option is enabled, -Wno-maybe-uninitialzed is passed
-	  to the compiler to suppress maybe-uninitialized warnings.
-
 config CONSTRUCTORS
 	bool
 	depends on !UML
@@ -1060,7 +1044,6 @@ config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE
 
 config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
 	bool "Optimize for size"
-	imply CC_DISABLE_WARN_MAYBE_UNINITIALIZED  # avoid false positives
 	help
 	  Enabling this option will pass "-Os" instead of "-O2" to
 	  your compiler resulting in a smaller kernel.
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 7a5640bd7b0b..4ad6f6ca18c1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ config PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
 config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
 	bool "Profile all if conditionals" if !FORTIFY_SOURCE
 	select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
-	imply CC_DISABLE_WARN_MAYBE_UNINITIALIZED  # avoid false positives
 	help
 	  This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if ()
 	  taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.