diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index 8b809b264d1..caf4c86c3d0 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
  *
  */
 
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
-
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -378,6 +376,17 @@ static void build_initial_tok_table(void)
 	table_cnt = pos;
 }
 
+static void *find_token(unsigned char *str, int len, unsigned char *token)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < len - 1; i++) {
+		if (str[i] == token[0] && str[i+1] == token[1])
+			return &str[i];
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /* replace a given token in all the valid symbols. Use the sampled symbols
  * to update the counts */
 static void compress_symbols(unsigned char *str, int idx)
@@ -391,7 +400,7 @@ static void compress_symbols(unsigned char *str, int idx)
 		p1 = table[i].sym;
 
 		/* find the token on the symbol */
-		p2 = memmem(p1, len, str, 2);
+		p2 = find_token(p1, len, str);
 		if (!p2) continue;
 
 		/* decrease the counts for this symbol's tokens */
@@ -410,7 +419,7 @@ static void compress_symbols(unsigned char *str, int idx)
 			if (size < 2) break;
 
 			/* find the token on the symbol */
-			p2 = memmem(p1, size, str, 2);
+			p2 = find_token(p1, size, str);
 
 		} while (p2);