diff --git a/scripts/mkmakefile b/scripts/mkmakefile
index e21064445085..24354284d4ad 100755
--- a/scripts/mkmakefile
+++ b/scripts/mkmakefile
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 # $1 - Kernel src directory
 # $2 - Output directory
 
-test ! -r $2/Makefile -o -O $2/Makefile || exit 0
 # Only overwrite automatically generated Makefiles
 # (so we do not overwrite kernel Makefile)
 if test -e $2/Makefile && ! grep -q Automatically $2/Makefile