diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6da46310a662d934fbde998153c5527656580111..06b6424d519a7ce019100e6541fa0e26b135546a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ $(sort $(vmlinux-deps)): $(vmlinux-dirs) ;
 # Error messages still appears in the original language
 
 PHONY += $(vmlinux-dirs)
-$(vmlinux-dirs): prepare scripts
+$(vmlinux-dirs): prepare
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$@ need-builtin=1
 
 define filechk_kernel.release
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ prepare1: prepare2 $(version_h) $(autoksyms_h) include/generated/utsrelease.h
 
 macroprepare: prepare1 archmacros
 
-archprepare: archheaders archscripts macroprepare scripts_basic gcc-plugins
+archprepare: archheaders archscripts macroprepare scripts gcc-plugins
 
 prepare0: archprepare
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts/mod
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ modules.builtin: $(vmlinux-dirs:%=%/modules.builtin)
 
 # Target to prepare building external modules
 PHONY += modules_prepare
-modules_prepare: prepare scripts
+modules_prepare: prepare
 
 # Target to install modules
 PHONY += modules_install
@@ -1602,11 +1602,9 @@ help:
 	@echo  '  clean           - remove generated files in module directory only'
 	@echo  ''
 
-# Dummies...
-PHONY += prepare scripts
+PHONY += prepare
 prepare:
 	$(cmd_crmodverdir)
-scripts: ;
 endif # KBUILD_EXTMOD
 
 clean: $(clean-dirs)
@@ -1710,33 +1708,33 @@ else
         target-dir = $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(dir $<),$(dir $@))
 endif
 
-%.s: %.c prepare scripts FORCE
+%.s: %.c prepare FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(build-dir) $(target-dir)$(notdir $@)
-%.i: %.c prepare scripts FORCE
+%.i: %.c prepare FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(build-dir) $(target-dir)$(notdir $@)
-%.o: %.c prepare scripts FORCE
+%.o: %.c prepare FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(build-dir) $(target-dir)$(notdir $@)
-%.lst: %.c prepare scripts FORCE
+%.lst: %.c prepare FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(build-dir) $(target-dir)$(notdir $@)
-%.s: %.S prepare scripts FORCE
+%.s: %.S prepare FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(build-dir) $(target-dir)$(notdir $@)
-%.o: %.S prepare scripts FORCE
+%.o: %.S prepare FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(build-dir) $(target-dir)$(notdir $@)
-%.symtypes: %.c prepare scripts FORCE
+%.symtypes: %.c prepare FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(build-dir) $(target-dir)$(notdir $@)
-%.ll: %.c prepare scripts FORCE
+%.ll: %.c prepare FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(build-dir) $(target-dir)$(notdir $@)
 
 # Modules
-/: prepare scripts FORCE
+/: prepare FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) KBUILD_MODULES=$(if $(CONFIG_MODULES),1) \
 	$(build)=$(build-dir)
 # Make sure the latest headers are built for Documentation
 Documentation/ samples/: headers_install
-%/: prepare scripts FORCE
+%/: prepare FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) KBUILD_MODULES=$(if $(CONFIG_MODULES),1) \
 	$(build)=$(build-dir)
-%.ko: prepare scripts FORCE
+%.ko: prepare FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) KBUILD_MODULES=$(if $(CONFIG_MODULES),1)   \
 	$(build)=$(build-dir) $(@:.ko=.o)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost