diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 7ec4480e9ca8..f4b9fdd67381 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -945,7 +945,6 @@ static const char *const head_sections[] = { ".head.text*", NULL };
 static const char *const linker_symbols[] =
 	{ "__init_begin", "_sinittext", "_einittext", NULL };
 static const char *const optim_symbols[] = { "*.constprop.*", NULL };
-static const char *const cfi_symbols[] = { "*.cfi", NULL };
 
 enum mismatch {
 	TEXT_TO_ANY_INIT,
@@ -1176,16 +1175,6 @@ static const struct sectioncheck *section_mismatch(
  *   names to work.  (One situation where gcc can autogenerate ELF
  *   local symbols is when "-fsection-anchors" is used.)
  *
- * Pattern 7:
- *   With CONFIG_CFI_CLANG, clang appends .cfi to all indirectly called
- *   functions and creates a function stub with the original name. This
- *   stub is always placed in .text, even if the actual function with the
- *   .cfi postfix is in .init.text or .exit.text.
- *   This pattern is identified by
- *   tosec   = init or exit section
- *   fromsec = text section
- *   tosym   = *.cfi
- *
  **/
 static int secref_whitelist(const struct sectioncheck *mismatch,
 			    const char *fromsec, const char *fromsym,
@@ -1228,12 +1217,6 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const struct sectioncheck *mismatch,
 	if (strstarts(fromsym, ".L"))
 		return 0;
 
-	/* Check for pattern 7 */
-	if (match(fromsec, text_sections) &&
-	    match(tosec, init_exit_sections) &&
-	    match(tosym, cfi_symbols))
-		return 0;
-
 	return 1;
 }