diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 5d90030..c7de8b3 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -151,16 +151,16 @@
 $(obj)/%.i: $(src)/%.c FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_i_c)
 
-cmd_genksyms =                                                              \
+cmd_gensymtypes =                                                           \
     $(CPP) -D__GENKSYMS__ $(c_flags) $< |                                   \
-    $(GENKSYMS) -T $@ -A -a $(ARCH)                                         \
+    $(GENKSYMS) -T $@ -a $(ARCH)                                            \
      $(if $(KBUILD_PRESERVE),-p)                                            \
      $(if $(1),-r $(firstword $(wildcard $(@:.symtypes=.symref) /dev/null)))
 
 quiet_cmd_cc_symtypes_c = SYM $(quiet_modtag) $@
 cmd_cc_symtypes_c =                                                         \
     set -e;                                                                 \
-    $(call cmd_genksyms, true) >/dev/null;                                  \
+    $(call cmd_gensymtypes, true) >/dev/null;                               \
     test -s $@ || rm -f $@
 
 $(obj)/%.symtypes : $(src)/%.c FORCE
@@ -177,38 +177,28 @@
 
 else
 # When module versioning is enabled the following steps are executed:
-# o compile a .tmp_<file>.s from <file>.c
-# o if .tmp_<file>.s doesn't contain a __ksymtab version, i.e. does
-#   not export symbols, we just assemble .tmp_<file>.s to <file>.o and
+# o compile a .tmp_<file>.o from <file>.c
+# o if .tmp_<file>.o doesn't contain a __ksymtab version, i.e. does
+#   not export symbols, we just rename .tmp_<file>.o to <file>.o and
 #   are done.
 # o otherwise, we calculate symbol versions using the good old
 #   genksyms on the preprocessed source and postprocess them in a way
-#   that they are usable as assembly source
-# o assemble <file>.o from .tmp_<file>.s forcing inclusion of directives
-#   defining the actual values of __crc_*, followed by objcopy-ing them
-#   to force these symbols to be local to permit stripping them later.
-s_file = $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.s)
-v_file = $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.v)
-tmp_o_file = $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F)
-no_g_c_flags = $(filter-out -g%,$(c_flags))
+#   that they are usable as a linker script
+# o generate <file>.o from .tmp_<file>.o using the linker to
+#   replace the unresolved symbols __crc_exported_symbol with
+#   the actual value of the checksum generated by genksyms
 
-cmd_cc_o_c = $(CC) $(c_flags) -S -o $(s_file) $<
-
+cmd_cc_o_c = $(CC) $(c_flags) -c -o $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $<
 cmd_modversions =							\
-	if grep -q __ksymtab $(s_file); then				\
-		if $(call cmd_genksyms, $(KBUILD_SYMTYPES)) > $(v_file) \
-		   && $(CC) $(no_g_c_flags) -c -Wa,$(v_file)		\
-			    -o $(tmp_o_file) $(s_file)			\
-		   && $(OBJCOPY) -L '__crc_*' -L '___crc_*' -w		\
-				 $(tmp_o_file) $@;			\
-		then							\
-			: ;						\
-		else							\
-			rm -f $@; exit 1;				\
-		fi;							\
+	if $(OBJDUMP) -h $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) | grep -q __ksymtab; then	\
+		$(call cmd_gensymtypes, $(KBUILD_SYMTYPES))		\
+		    > $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);				\
+									\
+		$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -r -o $@ $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) 		\
+			-T $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);			\
+		rm -f $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.ver);	\
 	else								\
-		rm -f $(v_file);					\
-		$(CC) $(no_g_c_flags) -c -o $@ $(s_file);		\
+		mv -f $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $@;				\
 	fi;
 endif
 
@@ -225,12 +215,7 @@
 	$(cmd_record_mcount)						  \
 	scripts/basic/fixdep $(depfile) $@ '$(call make-cmd,cc_o_c)' >    \
 	                                              $(dot-target).tmp;  \
-	if [ -r $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.v) ]; then				  \
-		echo >> $(dot-target).tmp;				  \
-		echo '$@: $(GENKSYMS)' >> $(dot-target).tmp;		  \
-		echo '$(GENKSYMS):: ;' >> $(dot-target).tmp;		  \
-	fi;								  \
-	rm -f $(depfile) $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F:.o=.?);			  \
+	rm -f $(depfile);						  \
 	mv -f $(dot-target).tmp $(dot-target).cmd
 endef