diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/Makefile b/arch/x86/tools/Makefile
index 90e820ac9771..7278e2545c35 100644
--- a/arch/x86/tools/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ reformatter = $(srctree)/arch/x86/tools/objdump_reformat.awk
 chkobjdump = $(srctree)/arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk
 
 quiet_cmd_posttest = TEST    $@
-      cmd_posttest = ($(OBJDUMP) -v | $(AWK) -f $(chkobjdump)) || $(OBJDUMP) -d -j .text $(objtree)/vmlinux | $(AWK) -f $(reformatter) | $(obj)/insn_decoder_test $(posttest_64bit) $(posttest_verbose)
+      cmd_posttest = $(OBJDUMP) -d -j .text $(objtree)/vmlinux | $(AWK) -f $(reformatter) | $(obj)/insn_decoder_test $(posttest_64bit) $(posttest_verbose)
 
 quiet_cmd_sanitytest = TEST    $@
       cmd_sanitytest = $(obj)/insn_sanity $(posttest_64bit) -m 1000000
diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk b/arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk
deleted file mode 100644
index a4cf678cf5c8..000000000000
--- a/arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# GNU objdump version checker
-#
-# Usage:
-# objdump -v | awk -f chkobjdump.awk
-BEGIN {
-	# objdump version 2.19 or later is OK for the test.
-	od_ver = 2;
-	od_sver = 19;
-}
-
-/^GNU objdump/ {
-	verstr = ""
-	gsub(/\(.*\)/, "");
-	for (i = 3; i <= NF; i++)
-		if (match($(i), "^[0-9]")) {
-			verstr = $(i);
-			break;
-		}
-	if (verstr == "") {
-		printf("Warning: Failed to find objdump version number.\n");
-		exit 0;
-	}
-	split(verstr, ver, ".");
-	if (ver[1] > od_ver ||
-	    (ver[1] == od_ver && ver[2] >= od_sver)) {
-		exit 1;
-	} else {
-		printf("Warning: objdump version %s is older than %d.%d\n",
-		       verstr, od_ver, od_sver);
-		print("Warning: Skipping posttest.");
-		# Logic is inverted, because we just skip test without error.
-		exit 0;
-	}
-}