diff --git a/arch/i386/config.mk b/arch/i386/config.mk
index 8743f1a..3fb97c1 100644
--- a/arch/i386/config.mk
+++ b/arch/i386/config.mk
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2)
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_I386 -D__I386__
 
-LDFLAGS += --cref --gc-sections
+LDFLAGS += --cref
+LDFLAGS_u-boot += --gc-sections
 PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -ffunction-sections