diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 71f4b5f24d15fafecae3f7f039b8677b3a37df33..ac8bafbda1394e42bbfc20aac77a7de77d8d638f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -141,14 +141,6 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.got)			/* Global offset table		*/
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Make sure that the .got.plt is either completely empty or it
-	 * contains only the lazy dispatch entries.
-	 */
-	.got.plt : { *(.got.plt) }
-	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0 || SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0x18,
-	       "Unexpected GOT/PLT entries detected!")
-
 	. = ALIGN(SEGMENT_ALIGN);
 	_etext = .;			/* End of text section */
 
@@ -270,18 +262,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	ELF_DETAILS
 
 	HEAD_SYMBOLS
-
-	/*
-	 * Sections that should stay zero sized, which is safer to
-	 * explicitly check instead of blindly discarding.
-	 */
-	.plt : {
-		*(.plt) *(.plt.*) *(.iplt) *(.igot .igot.plt)
-	}
-	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.plt) == 0, "Unexpected run-time procedure linkages detected!")
-
-	.data.rel.ro : { *(.data.rel.ro) }
-	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.data.rel.ro) == 0, "Unexpected RELRO detected!")
 }
 
 #include "image-vars.h"