diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fbd43bf..48c61ca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -552,9 +552,7 @@ ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
 # Carefully list dependencies so we do not try to build scripts twice
 # in parallel
 PHONY += scripts
-scripts: scripts_basic include/config/auto.conf include/config/tristate.conf \
-	 asm-generic
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(@)
+scripts:
 
 # Objects we will link into vmlinux / subdirs we need to visit
 init-y		:= init/
@@ -990,7 +988,7 @@ prepare0: archprepare FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=.
 
 # All the preparing..
-prepare: prepare0
+prepare:
 
 # Generate some files
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1178,13 +1176,15 @@ endif # CONFIG_MODULES
 CLEAN_DIRS  += $(MODVERDIR)
 
 # 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 .old_version \
-		  Module.symvers tags TAGS cscope* GPATH GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS \
-		  signing_key.priv signing_key.x509 x509.genkey		\
-		  extra_certificates signing_key.x509.keyid		\
-		  signing_key.x509.signer vmlinux-gdb.py
+#MRPROPER_DIRS  += include/config usr/include include/generated          \
+#		  arch/*/include/generated .tmp_objdiff
+#MRPROPER_FILES += .config .config.old .version .old_version \
+#		  Module.symvers tags TAGS cscope* GPATH GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS \
+#		  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
 #
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ clean: archclean vmlinuxclean
 #
 mrproper: rm-dirs  := $(wildcard $(MRPROPER_DIRS))
 mrproper: rm-files := $(wildcard $(MRPROPER_FILES))
-mrproper-dirs      := $(addprefix _mrproper_,Documentation/DocBook scripts)
+mrproper-dirs      := $(addprefix _mrproper_,Documentation/DocBook)
 
 PHONY += $(mrproper-dirs) mrproper archmrproper
 $(mrproper-dirs):
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 9645c07..9d147f9 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -15,26 +15,18 @@ endif
 unexport CONFIG_
 
 xconfig: $(obj)/qconf 3rdparty/Makefile
-	$< $(Kconfig)
 
 gconfig: $(obj)/gconf 3rdparty/Makefile
-	$< $(Kconfig)
 
 menuconfig: $(obj)/mconf 3rdparty/Makefile
-	$< $(Kconfig)
 
 config: $(obj)/conf 3rdparty/Makefile
-	$< --oldaskconfig $(Kconfig)
 
 nconfig: $(obj)/nconf 3rdparty/Makefile
-	$< $(Kconfig)
 
 oldconfig: $(obj)/conf 3rdparty/Makefile
-	$< --$@ $(Kconfig)
 
 silentoldconfig: $(obj)/conf 3rdparty/Makefile
-	$(Q)mkdir -p include/config include/generated
-	$< --$@ $(Kconfig)
 
 localyesconfig localmodconfig: $(obj)/streamline_config.pl $(obj)/conf 3rdparty/Makefile
 	$(Q)mkdir -p include/config include/generated
@@ -77,32 +69,21 @@ update-po-config: $(obj)/kxgettext $(obj)/gconf.glade.h
 PHONY += allnoconfig allyesconfig allmodconfig alldefconfig randconfig
 
 allnoconfig allyesconfig allmodconfig alldefconfig randconfig: $(obj)/conf 3rdparty/Makefile
-	$< --$@ $(Kconfig)
 
 PHONY += listnewconfig olddefconfig oldnoconfig savedefconfig defconfig
 
 listnewconfig olddefconfig: $(obj)/conf 3rdparty/Makefile
-	$< --$@ $(Kconfig)
 
 # oldnoconfig is an alias of olddefconfig, because people already are dependent
 # on its behavior(sets new symbols to their default value but not 'n') with the
 # counter-intuitive name.
 oldnoconfig: $(obj)/conf 3rdparty/Makefile
-	$< --olddefconfig $(Kconfig)
 
 savedefconfig: $(obj)/conf 3rdparty/Makefile
-	$< --$@=defconfig $(Kconfig)
 
 defconfig: $(obj)/conf 3rdparty/Makefile
-ifeq ($(KBUILD_DEFCONFIG),)
-	$< --defconfig $(Kconfig)
-else
-	@echo "*** Default configuration is based on '$(KBUILD_DEFCONFIG)'"
-	$(Q)$< --defconfig=arch/$(SRCARCH)/configs/$(KBUILD_DEFCONFIG) $(Kconfig)
-endif
 
 %_defconfig: $(obj)/conf 3rdparty/Makefile
-	$(Q)$< --defconfig=arch/$(SRCARCH)/configs/$@ $(Kconfig)
 
 configfiles=$(wildcard $(srctree)/kernel/configs/$(1).config $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/configs/$(1).config)