diff --git a/make/autoconf/flags-ldflags.m4 b/make/autoconf/flags-ldflags.m4
index ec2a4c49e7f16..5867ea1d5ce04 100644
--- a/make/autoconf/flags-ldflags.m4
+++ b/make/autoconf/flags-ldflags.m4
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([FLAGS_SETUP_LDFLAGS_HELPER],
     # Linux : remove unused code+data in link step
     if test "x$ENABLE_LINKTIME_GC" = xtrue; then
       if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU" = xs390x; then
-        BASIC_LDFLAGS="$BASIC_LDFLAGS -Wl,--gc-sections -Wl,--print-gc-sections"
+        BASIC_LDFLAGS="$BASIC_LDFLAGS -Wl,--gc-sections"
       else
         BASIC_LDFLAGS_JDK_ONLY="$BASIC_LDFLAGS_JDK_ONLY -Wl,--gc-sections"
       fi