diff --git a/target/linux/generic/hack-4.14/202-reduce_module_size.patch b/target/linux/generic/hack-4.14/202-reduce_module_size.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cbb6add9a..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/generic/hack-4.14/202-reduce_module_size.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-From fd66884da2f96d2a7ea73f58b1b86251b959a913 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
-Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 16:56:19 +0200
-Subject: kernel: strip unnecessary symbol table information from kernel modules
-
-reduces default squashfs size on ar71xx by about 4k
-
-lede-commit: 058d331a39077f159ca8922f1f422a1346d6aa67
-Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
----
- Makefile | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL :=
- KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL :=
- KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE  := -DMODULE
- KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE  := -DMODULE
--KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE := -T $(srctree)/scripts/module-common.lds
-+KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE = -T $(srctree)/scripts/module-common.lds $(if $(CONFIG_PROFILING),,-s)
- GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS :=
- 
- export ARCH SRCARCH SUBARCH CONFIG_SHELL HOSTCC HOSTCFLAGS CROSS_COMPILE AS LD
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/hack-4.19/202-reduce_module_size.patch b/target/linux/generic/hack-4.19/202-reduce_module_size.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 644a18c99c..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/generic/hack-4.19/202-reduce_module_size.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-From fd66884da2f96d2a7ea73f58b1b86251b959a913 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
-Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 16:56:19 +0200
-Subject: kernel: strip unnecessary symbol table information from kernel modules
-
-reduces default squashfs size on ar71xx by about 4k
-
-lede-commit: 058d331a39077f159ca8922f1f422a1346d6aa67
-Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
----
- Makefile | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL :=
- KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL :=
- KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE  := -DMODULE
- KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE  := -DMODULE
--KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE := -T $(srctree)/scripts/module-common.lds
-+KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE = -T $(srctree)/scripts/module-common.lds $(if $(CONFIG_PROFILING),,-s)
- KBUILD_LDFLAGS :=
- GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS :=
- 
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/hack-4.9/202-reduce_module_size.patch b/target/linux/generic/hack-4.9/202-reduce_module_size.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a9f97a69d8..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/generic/hack-4.9/202-reduce_module_size.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-From fd66884da2f96d2a7ea73f58b1b86251b959a913 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
-Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 16:56:19 +0200
-Subject: kernel: strip unnecessary symbol table information from kernel modules
-
-reduces default squashfs size on ar71xx by about 4k
-
-lede-commit: 058d331a39077f159ca8922f1f422a1346d6aa67
-Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
----
- Makefile | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL :=
- KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL :=
- KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE  := -DMODULE
- KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE  := -DMODULE
--KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE := -T $(srctree)/scripts/module-common.lds
-+KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE = -T $(srctree)/scripts/module-common.lds $(if $(CONFIG_PROFILING),,-s)
- GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS :=
- 
- # Read KERNELRELEASE from include/config/kernel.release (if it exists)