diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 4c058f12dd73..3a07c46caa3e 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ obj-y :=
 obj-m :=
 lib-y :=
 lib-m :=
-always :=
 always-y :=
 always-m :=
 targets :=
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.clean b/scripts/Makefile.clean
index d9e0ceace6a6..22a8172bce1f 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.clean
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.clean
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ __clean-files	:= \
 	$(hostprogs-always-y) $(hostprogs-always-m) $(hostprogs-always-) \
 	$(userprogs-always-y) $(userprogs-always-m) $(userprogs-always-)
 
-# deprecated
-__clean-files	+= $(always) $(hostprogs-y) $(hostprogs-m) $(hostprogs-)
-
 __clean-files   := $(filter-out $(no-clean-files), $(__clean-files))
 
 # clean-files is given relative to the current directory, unless it
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 6f248ff91982..d5ec3864b318 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -4,18 +4,6 @@ asflags-y  += $(EXTRA_AFLAGS)
 ccflags-y  += $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
 cppflags-y += $(EXTRA_CPPFLAGS)
 ldflags-y  += $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
-ifneq ($(always),)
-$(warning 'always' is deprecated. Please use 'always-y' instead)
-always-y   += $(always)
-endif
-ifneq ($(hostprogs-y),)
-$(warning 'hostprogs-y' is deprecated. Please use 'hostprogs' instead)
-hostprogs  += $(hostprogs-y)
-endif
-ifneq ($(hostprogs-m),)
-$(warning 'hostprogs-m' is deprecated. Please use 'hostprogs' instead)
-hostprogs  += $(hostprogs-m)
-endif
 
 # flags that take effect in current and sub directories
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(subdir-asflags-y)