diff --git a/arch/arm/vdso/Makefile b/arch/arm/vdso/Makefile
index a7ec06ce3785..e58197bba776 100644
--- a/arch/arm/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/vdso/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  
-# Absolute relocation type $(ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS) needs to be defined before
-# the inclusion of generic Makefile.
-ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS := R_ARM_JUMP_SLOT|R_ARM_GLOB_DAT|R_ARM_ABS32
  include $(srctree)/lib/vdso/Makefile
  
  hostprogs := vdsomunge
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
index beaf9586338f..1f2427b13410 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
  # Heavily based on the vDSO Makefiles for other archs.
  #
  
-# Absolute relocation type $(ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS) needs to be defined before
-# the inclusion of generic Makefile.
-ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS := R_AARCH64_JUMP_SLOT|R_AARCH64_GLOB_DAT|R_AARCH64_ABS64
  include $(srctree)/lib/vdso/Makefile
  
  obj-vdso := vgettimeofday.o note.o sigreturn.o
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
index f59bd1a4ead6..d014162c5c71 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
  # Makefile for vdso32
  #
  
-# Absolute relocation type $(ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS) needs to be defined before
-# the inclusion of generic Makefile.
-ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS := R_ARM_JUMP_SLOT|R_ARM_GLOB_DAT|R_ARM_ABS32
  include $(srctree)/lib/vdso/Makefile
  
  # Same as cc-*option, but using CC_COMPAT instead of CC
diff --git a/arch/csky/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/csky/kernel/vdso/Makefile
index 0b6909f10667..86c8c4de1b0f 100644
--- a/arch/csky/kernel/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/csky/kernel/vdso/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
  
-# Absolute relocation type $(ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS) needs to be defined before
-# the inclusion of generic Makefile.
-ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS := R_CKCORE_ADDR32|R_CKCORE_JUMP_SLOT
  include $(srctree)/lib/vdso/Makefile
  
  # Symbols present in the vdso
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/vdso/Makefile b/arch/loongarch/vdso/Makefile
index d89e2ac75f7b..1b2e0f149f55 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/loongarch/vdso/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  # Objects to go into the VDSO.
  
-# Absolute relocation type $(ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS) needs to be defined before
-# the inclusion of generic Makefile.
-ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS := R_LARCH_32|R_LARCH_64|R_LARCH_MARK_LA|R_LARCH_JUMP_SLOT
  include $(srctree)/lib/vdso/Makefile
  
  obj-vdso-y := elf.o vgetcpu.o vgettimeofday.o sigreturn.o
diff --git a/arch/mips/vdso/Makefile b/arch/mips/vdso/Makefile
index 1f7d5c6c10b0..c060f3596304 100644
--- a/arch/mips/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/vdso/Makefile
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
  # Sanitizer runtimes are unavailable and cannot be linked here.
   KCSAN_SANITIZE			:= n
  
-# Absolute relocation type $(ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS) needs to be defined before
-# the inclusion of generic Makefile.
-ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS := R_MIPS_JUMP_SLOT|R_MIPS_GLOB_DAT
  include $(srctree)/lib/vdso/Makefile
  
  obj-vdso-y := elf.o vgettimeofday.o sigreturn.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile
index 6a977b0d8ffc..83c347e9136f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  
  # List of files in the vdso, has to be asm only for now
  
-ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS := R_PPC_JUMP_SLOT|R_PPC_GLOB_DAT|R_PPC_ADDR32|R_PPC_ADDR24|R_PPC_ADDR16|R_PPC_ADDR16_LO|R_PPC_ADDR16_HI|R_PPC_ADDR16_HA|R_PPC_ADDR14|R_PPC_ADDR14_BRTAKEN|R_PPC_ADDR14_BRNTAKEN|R_PPC_REL24
  include $(srctree)/lib/vdso/Makefile
  
  obj-vdso32 = sigtramp32-32.o gettimeofday-32.o datapage-32.o cacheflush-32.o note-32.o getcpu-32.o
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
index 06e6b27f3bcc..d85c37e11b21 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
  # Copied from arch/tile/kernel/vdso/Makefile
  
-# Absolute relocation type $(ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS) needs to be defined before
-# the inclusion of generic Makefile.
-ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS := R_RISCV_32|R_RISCV_64|R_RISCV_JUMP_SLOT
  include $(srctree)/lib/vdso/Makefile
  # Symbols present in the vdso
  vdso-syms  = rt_sigreturn
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vdso32/Makefile b/arch/s390/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
index 245bddfe9bc0..e795fdbbf484 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
  # List of files in the vdso
  
  KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
-ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS := R_390_COPY|R_390_GLOB_DAT|R_390_JMP_SLOT|R_390_RELATIVE
-ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS += R_390_GOT|R_390_PLT
  
  include $(srctree)/lib/vdso/Makefile
  obj-vdso32 = vdso_user_wrapper-32.o note-32.o
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vdso64/Makefile b/arch/s390/kernel/vdso64/Makefile
index 9e2b95a222a9..47dbbfdfad68 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vdso64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vdso64/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
  # List of files in the vdso
  
  KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
-ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS := R_390_COPY|R_390_GLOB_DAT|R_390_JMP_SLOT|R_390_RELATIVE
-ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS += R_390_GOT|R_390_PLT
  
  include $(srctree)/lib/vdso/Makefile
  obj-vdso64 = vdso_user_wrapper.o note.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
index 838613ac15b8..b292c24acb8e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
  # Building vDSO images for x86.
  #
  
-# Absolute relocation type $(ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS) needs to be defined before
-# the inclusion of generic Makefile.
-ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS := R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT|R_X86_64_GLOB_DAT|R_X86_64_RELATIVE|
-ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS += R_386_GLOB_DAT|R_386_JMP_SLOT|R_386_RELATIVE
  include $(srctree)/lib/vdso/Makefile
  
  # Sanitizer runtimes are unavailable and cannot be linked here.
diff --git a/lib/vdso/Makefile b/lib/vdso/Makefile
index e814061d6aa0..9f031eafc465 100644
--- a/lib/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/lib/vdso/Makefile
@@ -5,18 +5,13 @@ GENERIC_VDSO_DIR := $(dir $(GENERIC_VDSO_MK_PATH))
  
  c-gettimeofday-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY) := $(addprefix $(GENERIC_VDSO_DIR), gettimeofday.c)
  
-# This cmd checks that the vdso library does not contain absolute relocation
+# This cmd checks that the vdso library does not contain dynamic relocations.
  # It has to be called after the linking of the vdso library and requires it
  # as a parameter.
  #
-# $(ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS) is defined in the arch specific makefile and corresponds
-# to the absolute relocation types printed by "objdump -R" and accepted by the
-# dynamic linker.
-ifndef ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS
-$(error ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS is not set)
-endif
-
+# As a workaround for some GNU ld ports which produce unneeded R_*_NONE
+# dynamic relocations, ignore R_*_NONE.
  quiet_cmd_vdso_check = VDSOCHK $@
-      cmd_vdso_check = if $(OBJDUMP) -R $@ | grep -E -h "$(ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS)"; \
+      cmd_vdso_check = if $(READELF) -rW $@ | grep -v _NONE | grep -q " R_\w*_"; \
  		       then (echo >&2 "$@: dynamic relocations are not supported"; \
  			     rm -f $@; /bin/false); fi
