-init-y := $(patsubst %/, %/built-in.a, $(init-y))
-core-y := $(patsubst %/, %/built-in.a, $(core-y))
-drivers-y := $(patsubst %/, %/built-in.a, $(drivers-y))
-net-y := $(patsubst %/, %/built-in.a, $(net-y))
-libs-y2 := $(patsubst %/, %/built-in.a, $(filter %/, $(libs-y)))
+# Externally visible symbols (used by link-vmlinux.sh)
+KBUILD_VMLINUX_OBJS := $(head-y) $(patsubst %/,%/built-in.a, $(core-y))
+KBUILD_VMLINUX_OBJS += $(addsuffix built-in.a, $(filter %/, $(libs-y)))