diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e4f5895badb5..d6915f361aa4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -546,7 +546,6 @@ export RCS_TAR_IGNORE := --exclude SCCS --exclude BitKeeper --exclude .svn \
 PHONY += scripts_basic
 scripts_basic:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts/basic
-	$(Q)rm -f .tmp_quiet_recordmcount
 
 PHONY += outputmakefile
 ifdef building_out_of_srctree
diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
index c17e48020ec3..8f6b13ae46bf 100755
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
@@ -173,39 +173,6 @@ my $mcount_regex;	# Find the call site to mcount (return offset)
 my $mcount_adjust;	# Address adjustment to mcount offset
 my $alignment;		# The .align value to use for $mcount_section
 my $section_type;	# Section header plus possible alignment command
-my $can_use_local = 0; 	# If we can use local function references
-
-# Shut up recordmcount if user has older objcopy
-my $quiet_recordmcount = ".tmp_quiet_recordmcount";
-my $print_warning = 1;
-$print_warning = 0 if ( -f $quiet_recordmcount);
-
-##
-# check_objcopy - whether objcopy supports --globalize-symbols
-#
-#  --globalize-symbols came out in 2.17, we must test the version
-#  of objcopy, and if it is less than 2.17, then we can not
-#  record local functions.
-sub check_objcopy
-{
-    open (IN, "$objcopy --version |") or die "error running $objcopy";
-    while (<IN>) {
-	if (/objcopy.*\s(\d+)\.(\d+)/) {
-	    $can_use_local = 1 if ($1 > 2 || ($1 == 2 && $2 >= 17));
-	    last;
-	}
-    }
-    close (IN);
-
-    if (!$can_use_local && $print_warning) {
-	print STDERR "WARNING: could not find objcopy version or version " .
-	    "is less than 2.17.\n" .
-	    "\tLocal function references are disabled.\n";
-	open (QUIET, ">$quiet_recordmcount");
-	printf QUIET "Disables the warning from recordmcount.pl\n";
-	close QUIET;
-    }
-}
 
 if ($arch =~ /(x86(_64)?)|(i386)/) {
     if ($bits == 64) {
@@ -434,8 +401,6 @@ if ($filename =~ m,^(.*)(\.\S),) {
 my $mcount_s = $dirname . "/.tmp_mc_" . $prefix . ".s";
 my $mcount_o = $dirname . "/.tmp_mc_" . $prefix . ".o";
 
-check_objcopy();
-
 #
 # Step 1: find all the local (static functions) and weak symbols.
 #         't' is local, 'w/W' is weak
@@ -473,11 +438,6 @@ sub update_funcs
 
     # is this function static? If so, note this fact.
     if (defined $locals{$ref_func}) {
-
-	# only use locals if objcopy supports globalize-symbols
-	if (!$can_use_local) {
-	    return;
-	}
 	$convert{$ref_func} = 1;
     }