diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3b3593b78e12..d0d85ca8b942 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1080,8 +1080,7 @@ include/config/kernel.release: $(srctree)/Makefile FORCE
 # Carefully list dependencies so we do not try to build scripts twice
 # in parallel
 PHONY += scripts
-scripts: scripts_basic scripts_dtc
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(@)
+scripts:
 
 # Things we need to do before we recursively start building the kernel
 # or the modules are listed in "prepare".
@@ -1119,7 +1118,7 @@ prepare0: archprepare
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=.
 
 # All the preparing..
-prepare: prepare0 prepare-objtool
+prepare:
 
 # Support for using generic headers in asm-generic
 asm-generic := -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.asm-generic obj
@@ -1359,13 +1358,8 @@ endif # CONFIG_MODULES
 CLEAN_DIRS  += $(MODVERDIR) include/ksym
 
 # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper'
-MRPROPER_DIRS  += include/config usr/include include/generated          \
-		  arch/*/include/generated .tmp_objdiff
-MRPROPER_FILES += .config .config.old .version \
-		  Module.symvers tags TAGS cscope* GPATH GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS \
-		  signing_key.pem signing_key.priv signing_key.x509	\
-		  x509.genkey extra_certificates signing_key.x509.keyid	\
-		  signing_key.x509.signer vmlinux-gdb.py
+MRPROPER_DIRS  += ""
+MRPROPER_FILES += ""
 
 # clean - Delete most, but leave enough to build external modules
 #
@@ -1387,13 +1381,10 @@ clean: archclean vmlinuxclean
 #
 mrproper: rm-dirs  := $(wildcard $(MRPROPER_DIRS))
 mrproper: rm-files := $(wildcard $(MRPROPER_FILES))
-mrproper-dirs      := $(addprefix _mrproper_,scripts)
 
-PHONY += $(mrproper-dirs) mrproper
-$(mrproper-dirs):
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=$(patsubst _mrproper_%,%,$@)
+PHONY += mrproper
 
-mrproper: clean $(mrproper-dirs)
+mrproper: clean
 	$(call cmd,rmdirs)
 	$(call cmd,rmfiles)
 
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 181973509a05..65800fa2d7ef 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -20,19 +20,14 @@ endif
 unexport CONFIG_
 
 xconfig: $(obj)/qconf
-	$< $(silent) $(Kconfig)
 
 gconfig: $(obj)/gconf
-	$< $(silent) $(Kconfig)
 
 menuconfig: $(obj)/mconf
-	$< $(silent) $(Kconfig)
 
 config: $(obj)/conf
-	$< $(silent) --oldaskconfig $(Kconfig)
 
 nconfig: $(obj)/nconf
-	$< $(silent) $(Kconfig)
 
 build_menuconfig: $(obj)/mconf
 
@@ -48,11 +43,9 @@ localyesconfig localmodconfig: $(obj)/conf
 			cmp -s .tmp.config .config ||			\
 			(mv -f .config .config.old.1;			\
 			 mv -f .tmp.config .config;			\
-			 $< $(silent) --oldconfig $(Kconfig);		\
 			 mv -f .config.old.1 .config.old)		\
 	else								\
 			mv -f .tmp.config .config;			\
-			$< $(silent) --oldconfig $(Kconfig);		\
 	fi
 	$(Q)rm -f .tmp.config
 
@@ -66,28 +59,14 @@ simple-targets := oldconfig allnoconfig allyesconfig allmodconfig \
 PHONY += $(simple-targets)
 
 $(simple-targets): $(obj)/conf
-	$< $(silent) --$@ $(Kconfig)
 
 PHONY += savedefconfig defconfig
 
 savedefconfig: $(obj)/conf
-	$< $(silent) --$@=defconfig $(Kconfig)
 
 defconfig: $(obj)/conf
-ifeq ($(KBUILD_DEFCONFIG),)
-	$< $(silent) --defconfig $(Kconfig)
-else
-ifneq ($(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/configs/$(KBUILD_DEFCONFIG)),)
-	@$(kecho) "*** Default configuration is based on '$(KBUILD_DEFCONFIG)'"
-	$(Q)$< $(silent) --defconfig=arch/$(SRCARCH)/configs/$(KBUILD_DEFCONFIG) $(Kconfig)
-else
-	@$(kecho) "*** Default configuration is based on target '$(KBUILD_DEFCONFIG)'"
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile $(KBUILD_DEFCONFIG)
-endif
-endif
 
 %_defconfig: $(obj)/conf
-	$(Q)$< $(silent) --defconfig=arch/$(SRCARCH)/configs/$@ $(Kconfig)
 
 configfiles=$(wildcard $(srctree)/kernel/configs/$@ $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/configs/$@)