diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 0587354ba678..9c59409104f6 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -578,7 +578,6 @@
 		*(.text.unlikely .text.unlikely.*)			\
 		*(.text.unknown .text.unknown.*)			\
 		NOINSTR_TEXT						\
-		*(.text..refcount)					\
 		*(.ref.text)						\
 		*(.text.asan.* .text.tsan.*)				\
 	MEM_KEEP(init.text*)						\