diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 7937265ef879..9cf4d12b81fb 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ config DEBUG_INFO_SPLIT
 
 config DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4
 	bool "Generate dwarf4 debuginfo"
-	depends on $(cc-option,-gdwarf-4)
 	help
 	  Generate dwarf4 debug info. This requires recent versions
 	  of gcc and gdb. It makes the debug information larger.