diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index 3651cbf6ad49d39e65163e6849a65a68b747c4c8..f54b6ac37ac2ecd946708ef21904dbd01109b75d 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -124,9 +124,6 @@ existing-targets := $(wildcard $(sort $(targets)))
 
 -include $(foreach f,$(existing-targets),$(dir $(f)).$(notdir $(f)).cmd)
 
-PHONY += FORCE
-FORCE:
-
 endif
 
 .PHONY: $(PHONY)
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore b/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
index 12a67fdab541dc90f5a2f721d7b811c8e6c9f2b7..c3d537cd027541ec3d5e079e47d56afebe969931 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-*.moc
+/qconf-moc.cc
 *conf-cfg
 
 #
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 426881ea954f147b66e2da581e58fe57de7e70f7..52b59bf9efe41314cf2060ab2111e88c3447a61d 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -181,19 +181,22 @@ $(addprefix $(obj)/, mconf.o $(lxdialog)): $(obj)/mconf-cfg
 
 # qconf: Used for the xconfig target based on Qt
 hostprogs	+= qconf
-qconf-cxxobjs	:= qconf.o
+qconf-cxxobjs	:= qconf.o qconf-moc.o
 qconf-objs	:= images.o $(common-objs)
 
 HOSTLDLIBS_qconf	= $(shell . $(obj)/qconf-cfg && echo $$libs)
 HOSTCXXFLAGS_qconf.o	= $(shell . $(obj)/qconf-cfg && echo $$cflags)
+HOSTCXXFLAGS_qconf-moc.o = $(shell . $(obj)/qconf-cfg && echo $$cflags)
 
-$(obj)/qconf.o: $(obj)/qconf-cfg $(obj)/qconf.moc
+$(obj)/qconf.o: $(obj)/qconf-cfg
 
 quiet_cmd_moc = MOC     $@
-      cmd_moc = $(shell . $(obj)/qconf-cfg && echo $$moc) -i $< -o $@
+      cmd_moc = $(shell . $(obj)/qconf-cfg && echo $$moc) $< -o $@
 
-$(obj)/%.moc: $(src)/%.h $(obj)/qconf-cfg
-	$(call cmd,moc)
+$(obj)/qconf-moc.cc: $(src)/qconf.h $(obj)/qconf-cfg FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,moc)
+
+targets += qconf-moc.cc
 
 # gconf: Used for the gconfig target based on GTK+
 hostprogs	+= gconf
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc b/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc
index 4a616128a15484c6f9359cdd9ba35901dfebb41a..23d1cb01a41aef4c0675c2b46b6cda4a4015a129 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include "lkc.h"
 #include "qconf.h"
 
-#include "qconf.moc"
 #include "images.h"
 
 
@@ -308,10 +307,7 @@ ConfigList::ConfigList(ConfigView* p, const char *name)
 	setVerticalScrollMode(ScrollPerPixel);
 	setHorizontalScrollMode(ScrollPerPixel);
 
-	if (mode == symbolMode)
-		setHeaderLabels(QStringList() << "Item" << "Name" << "N" << "M" << "Y" << "Value");
-	else
-		setHeaderLabels(QStringList() << "Option" << "Name" << "N" << "M" << "Y" << "Value");
+	setHeaderLabels(QStringList() << "Option" << "Name" << "N" << "M" << "Y" << "Value");
 
 	connect(this, SIGNAL(itemSelectionChanged(void)),
 		SLOT(updateSelection(void)));
@@ -392,11 +388,6 @@ void ConfigList::updateSelection(void)
 	struct menu *menu;
 	enum prop_type type;
 
-	if (mode == symbolMode)
-		setHeaderLabels(QStringList() << "Item" << "Name" << "N" << "M" << "Y" << "Value");
-	else
-		setHeaderLabels(QStringList() << "Option" << "Name" << "N" << "M" << "Y" << "Value");
-
 	if (selectedItems().count() == 0)
 		return;
 
@@ -437,14 +428,13 @@ void ConfigList::updateList(ConfigItem* item)
 	if (rootEntry != &rootmenu && (mode == singleMode ||
 	    (mode == symbolMode && rootEntry->parent != &rootmenu))) {
 		item = (ConfigItem *)topLevelItem(0);
-		if (!item && mode != symbolMode) {
+		if (!item)
 			item = new ConfigItem(this, 0, true);
-			last = item;
-		}
+		last = item;
 	}
 	if ((mode == singleMode || (mode == symbolMode && !(rootEntry->flags & MENU_ROOT))) &&
 	    rootEntry->sym && rootEntry->prompt) {
-		item = last ? last->nextSibling() : firstChild();
+		item = last ? last->nextSibling() : nullptr;
 		if (!item)
 			item = new ConfigItem(this, last, rootEntry, true);
 		else
@@ -1239,7 +1229,7 @@ void ConfigInfoView::clicked(const QUrl &url)
 
 	if (count < 1) {
 		qInfo() << "Clicked link is empty";
-		delete data;
+		delete[] data;
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1252,7 +1242,7 @@ void ConfigInfoView::clicked(const QUrl &url)
 	result = sym_re_search(data);
 	if (!result) {
 		qInfo() << "Clicked symbol is invalid:" << data;
-		delete data;
+		delete[] data;
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1735,7 +1725,6 @@ void ConfigMainWindow::listFocusChanged(void)
 
 void ConfigMainWindow::goBack(void)
 {
-qInfo() << __FUNCTION__;
 	if (configList->rootEntry == &rootmenu)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/qconf.h b/scripts/kconfig/qconf.h
index fb9e9729266fc5a14ee9b5f1becc1355f70a6eb4..5eeab4a8bb436f0f7c6392bd8b600e11e8145e46 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/qconf.h
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/qconf.h
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ public:
 	{
 		return this;
 	}
-	ConfigItem* firstChild() const
-	{
-		return (ConfigItem *)children().first();
-	}
 	void addColumn(colIdx idx)
 	{
 		showColumn(idx);
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 45f2ab2ec2d46e10afb10fcc2df1ac9cd034274e..69341b36f27119d262108d4e850f3d8e2b253d21 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ char *get_line(char **stringp)
 	if (!orig || *orig == '\0')
 		return NULL;
 
+	/* don't use strsep here, it is not available everywhere */
 	next = strchr(orig, '\n');
 	if (next)
 		*next++ = '\0';