diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index d64e6ba..982dcae 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -105,12 +105,12 @@
 # Usage: cflags-y += $(call cc-option,-march=winchip-c6,-march=i586)
 
 cc-option = $(call try-run,\
-	$(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) $(1) -S -xc /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
+	$(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) $(1) -c -xc /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
 
 # cc-option-yn
 # Usage: flag := $(call cc-option-yn,-march=winchip-c6)
 cc-option-yn = $(call try-run,\
-	$(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) $(1) -S -xc /dev/null -o "$$TMP",y,n)
+	$(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) $(1) -c -xc /dev/null -o "$$TMP",y,n)
 
 # cc-option-align
 # Prefix align with either -falign or -malign