--- mtd-utils-1.5.0.orig/common.mk	2012-05-07 09:19:39.000000000 +0200
+++ mtd-utils-1.5.0/common.mk	2014-03-30 15:49:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ WFLAGS := -Wall \
 	$(call cc-option,-Wwrite-strings) \
 	$(call cc-option,-Wno-sign-compare)
 CFLAGS += $(WFLAGS)
-SECTION_CFLAGS := $(call cc-option,-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -Wl$(comma)--gc-sections)
-CFLAGS += $(SECTION_CFLAGS)
 
 ifneq ($(WITHOUT_LARGEFILE), 1)
   CPPFLAGS += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64