diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1bedbd5605..e43ec9454d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1693,7 +1693,6 @@ if conf.get('BPF_FRAMEWORK') == 1
                 '-std=gnu11',
                 '-fno-stack-protector',
                 '-O2',
-                '-mkernel=5.2',
                 '-mcpu=v3',
                 '-mco-re',
                 '-gbtf',
@@ -1742,7 +1741,7 @@ if conf.get('BPF_FRAMEWORK') == 1
 
         bpf_o_unstripped_cmd += ['-I.']
 
-        if not meson.is_cross_build() and bpf_compiler == 'clang'
+        if not meson.is_cross_build()
                 target_triplet_cmd = run_command('gcc', '-dumpmachine', check: false)
                 if target_triplet_cmd.returncode() == 0
                         target_triplet = target_triplet_cmd.stdout().strip()