diff --git a/scripts/gen_compile_commands.py b/scripts/gen_compile_commands.py
index 92ea0a2ee59e..19963708bcf8 100755
--- a/scripts/gen_compile_commands.py
+++ b/scripts/gen_compile_commands.py
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ _FILENAME_PATTERN = r'^\..*\.cmd$'
 _LINE_PATTERN = r'^cmd_[^ ]*\.o := (.* )([^ ]*\.c)$'
 _VALID_LOG_LEVELS = ['DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL']
 
-# A kernel build generally has over 2000 entries in its compile_commands.json
-# database. If this code finds 300 or fewer, then warn the user that they might
-# not have all the .cmd files, and they might need to compile the kernel.
-_LOW_COUNT_THRESHOLD = 300
-
 
 def parse_arguments():
     """Sets up and parses command-line arguments.
@@ -236,11 +231,6 @@ def main():
     with open(output, 'wt') as f:
         json.dump(compile_commands, f, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
 
-    count = len(compile_commands)
-    if count < _LOW_COUNT_THRESHOLD:
-        logging.warning(
-            'Found %s entries. Have you compiled the kernel?', count)
-
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()