diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 0f5d3de30e0d..5f10653eb5c2 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -3310,7 +3310,7 @@ static int validate_branch(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func,
 	while (1) {
 		next_insn = next_insn_to_validate(file, insn);
 
-		if (file->c_file && func && insn->func && func != insn->func->pfunc) {
+		if (func && insn->func && func != insn->func->pfunc) {
 			WARN("%s() falls through to next function %s()",
 			     func->name, insn->func->name);
 			return 1;
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/objtool.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/objtool.h
index 7a5c13a78f87..a6e72d916807 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/objtool.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/objtool.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct objtool_file {
 	struct list_head static_call_list;
 	struct list_head mcount_loc_list;
 	struct list_head endbr_list;
-	bool ignore_unreachables, c_file, hints, rodata;
+	bool ignore_unreachables, hints, rodata;
 
 	unsigned int nr_endbr;
 	unsigned int nr_endbr_int;
diff --git a/tools/objtool/objtool.c b/tools/objtool/objtool.c
index b09946f4e1d6..843ff3c2f28e 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/objtool.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/objtool.c
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ struct objtool_file *objtool_open_read(const char *_objname)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file.static_call_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file.mcount_loc_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file.endbr_list);
-	file.c_file = !vmlinux && find_section_by_name(file.elf, ".comment");
 	file.ignore_unreachables = no_unreachable;
 	file.hints = false;