diff --git a/scripts/mod/Makefile b/scripts/mod/Makefile
index c5aa348..e02b9f4 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/mod/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 $(obj)/modpost.o $(obj)/file2alias.o $(obj)/sumversion.o: $(obj)/elfconfig.h
 
 quiet_cmd_elfconfig = MKELF   $@
-      cmd_elfconfig = $(obj)/mk_elfconfig $(ARCH) < $< > $@
+      cmd_elfconfig = $(obj)/mk_elfconfig < $< > $@
 
 $(obj)/elfconfig.h: $(obj)/empty.o $(obj)/mk_elfconfig FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,elfconfig)
diff --git a/scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig.c b/scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig.c
index db3881f..680eade 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -9,9 +10,6 @@
 	unsigned char ei[EI_NIDENT];
 	union { short s; char c[2]; } endian_test;
 
-	if (argc != 2) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Error: no arch\n");
-	}
 	if (fread(ei, 1, EI_NIDENT, stdin) != EI_NIDENT) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Error: input truncated\n");
 		return 1;
@@ -55,12 +53,5 @@
 	else
 		exit(1);
 
-	if ((strcmp(argv[1], "v850") == 0) || (strcmp(argv[1], "h8300") == 0)
-	    || (strcmp(argv[1], "blackfin") == 0))
-		printf("#define MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX \"_\"\n");
-	else
-		printf("#define MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX \"\"\n");
-
 	return 0;
 }
-
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 795ee8d..a42f1e6 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 }
 #endif
 
+#define MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX ""
+
 /* Are we using CONFIG_MODVERSIONS? */
 int modversions = 0;
 /* Warn about undefined symbols? (do so if we have vmlinux) */