diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bfab340453c6..6da46310a662 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ 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 asm-generic gcc-plugins $(autoksyms_h)
+scripts: scripts_basic scripts_dtc
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(@)
 
 # Things we need to do before we recursively start building the kernel
@@ -1113,6 +1113,7 @@ macroprepare: prepare1 archmacros
 archprepare: archheaders archscripts macroprepare scripts_basic gcc-plugins
 
 prepare0: archprepare
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts/mod
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=.
 
 # All the preparing..
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index ece52ff20171..b48259d30280 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ build_unifdef: $(obj)/unifdef
 	@:
 
 subdir-$(CONFIG_MODVERSIONS) += genksyms
-subdir-y                     += mod
 subdir-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX) += selinux
 subdir-$(CONFIG_GDB_SCRIPTS) += gdb
 
 # Let clean descend into subdirs
-subdir-	+= basic dtc kconfig package gcc-plugins
+subdir-	+= basic dtc kconfig mod package gcc-plugins
diff --git a/scripts/mod/Makefile b/scripts/mod/Makefile
index a5b4af47987a..42c5d50f2bcc 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/mod/Makefile
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD := y
 hostprogs-y	:= modpost mk_elfconfig
 always		:= $(hostprogs-y) empty.o
 
-CFLAGS_REMOVE_empty.o := $(ASM_MACRO_FLAGS)
-
 modpost-objs	:= modpost.o file2alias.o sumversion.o
 
 devicetable-offsets-file := devicetable-offsets.h