diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a8c772b299aa..2f423a010a87 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -707,10 +707,6 @@ else ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Os
 endif
 
-ifdef CONFIG_CC_DISABLE_WARN_MAYBE_UNINITIALIZED
-KBUILD_CFLAGS   += -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
-endif
-
 # Tell gcc to never replace conditional load with a non-conditional one
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,--param=allow-store-data-races=0)
 
@@ -860,6 +856,9 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-pointer-sign
 # disable stringop warnings in gcc 8+
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, stringop-truncation)
 
+# Enabled with W=2, disabled by default as noisy
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, maybe-uninitialized)
+
 # disable invalid "can't wrap" optimizations for signed / pointers
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-strict-overflow)
 
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 0bffc8fdbf3d..6db3e310a5e4 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -36,22 +36,6 @@ config TOOLS_SUPPORT_RELR
 config CC_HAS_ASM_INLINE
 	def_bool $(success,echo 'void foo(void) { asm inline (""); }' | $(CC) -x c - -c -o /dev/null)
 
-config CC_HAS_WARN_MAYBE_UNINITIALIZED
-	def_bool $(cc-option,-Wmaybe-uninitialized)
-	help
-	  GCC >= 4.7 supports this option.
-
-config CC_DISABLE_WARN_MAYBE_UNINITIALIZED
-	bool
-	depends on CC_HAS_WARN_MAYBE_UNINITIALIZED
-	default CC_IS_GCC && GCC_VERSION < 40900  # unreliable for GCC < 4.9
-	help
-	  GCC's -Wmaybe-uninitialized is not reliable by definition.
-	  Lots of false positive warnings are produced in some cases.
-
-	  If this option is enabled, -Wno-maybe-uninitialzed is passed
-	  to the compiler to suppress maybe-uninitialized warnings.
-
 config CONSTRUCTORS
 	bool
 	depends on !UML
@@ -1226,14 +1210,12 @@ config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE
 config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3
 	bool "Optimize more for performance (-O3)"
 	depends on ARC
-	imply CC_DISABLE_WARN_MAYBE_UNINITIALIZED  # avoid false positives
 	help
 	  Choosing this option will pass "-O3" to your compiler to optimize
 	  the kernel yet more for performance.
 
 config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
 	bool "Optimize for size (-Os)"
-	imply CC_DISABLE_WARN_MAYBE_UNINITIALIZED  # avoid false positives
 	help
 	  Choosing this option will pass "-Os" to your compiler resulting
 	  in a smaller kernel.
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index e08527f50d2a..f3f2fc8ad81a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -371,7 +371,6 @@ config PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
 config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
 	bool "Profile all if conditionals" if !FORTIFY_SOURCE
 	select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
-	imply CC_DISABLE_WARN_MAYBE_UNINITIALIZED  # avoid false positives
 	help
 	  This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if ()
 	  taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.