diff --git a/arch/powerpc/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/purgatory/Makefile
index 30e05decbb4c..4314ba5baf43 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/purgatory/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/purgatory/Makefile
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ LDFLAGS_purgatory.ro := -e purgatory_start -r --no-undefined
 $(obj)/purgatory.ro: $(obj)/trampoline.o FORCE
 		$(call if_changed,ld)
 
-CMD_BIN2C = $(objtree)/scripts/basic/bin2c
 quiet_cmd_bin2c = BIN2C   $@
-      cmd_bin2c = $(CMD_BIN2C) kexec_purgatory < $< > $@
+      cmd_bin2c = $(objtree)/scripts/bin2c kexec_purgatory < $< > $@
 
 $(obj)/kexec-purgatory.c: $(obj)/purgatory.ro FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,bin2c)
diff --git a/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile
index 1ace023cbdce..445c4603ce02 100644
--- a/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)
 $(obj)/purgatory.ro: $(PURGATORY_OBJS) FORCE
 		$(call if_changed,ld)
 
-CMD_BIN2C = $(objtree)/scripts/basic/bin2c
 quiet_cmd_bin2c = BIN2C   $@
-      cmd_bin2c = $(CMD_BIN2C) kexec_purgatory < $< > $@
+      cmd_bin2c = $(objtree)/scripts/bin2c kexec_purgatory < $< > $@
 
 $(obj)/kexec-purgatory.c: $(obj)/purgatory.ro FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,bin2c)
diff --git a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
index 81a8e33115ad..3cf302b26332 100644
--- a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ $(obj)/purgatory.ro: $(PURGATORY_OBJS) FORCE
 
 targets += kexec-purgatory.c
 
-CMD_BIN2C = $(objtree)/scripts/basic/bin2c
 quiet_cmd_bin2c = BIN2C   $@
-      cmd_bin2c = $(CMD_BIN2C) kexec_purgatory < $< > $@
+      cmd_bin2c = $(objtree)/scripts/bin2c kexec_purgatory < $< > $@
 
 $(obj)/kexec-purgatory.c: $(obj)/purgatory.ro FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,bin2c)
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 04bc07c2b42a..7a63d567fdb5 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ targets += config_data.gz
 $(obj)/config_data.gz: $(KCONFIG_CONFIG) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,gzip)
 
-      filechk_ikconfiggz = (echo "static const char kernel_config_data[] __used = MAGIC_START"; cat $< | scripts/basic/bin2c; echo "MAGIC_END;")
+      filechk_ikconfiggz = (echo "static const char kernel_config_data[] __used = MAGIC_START"; cat $< | scripts/bin2c; echo "MAGIC_END;")
 targets += config_data.h
 $(obj)/config_data.h: $(obj)/config_data.gz FORCE
 	$(call filechk,ikconfiggz)
diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
index 0442c06eefcb..12d302d70128 100644
--- a/scripts/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Generated files
 #
+bin2c
 conmakehash
 kallsyms
 pnmtologo
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index 25ab143cbe14..59c21ec49b84 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/include
 
+hostprogs-$(CONFIG_BUILD_BIN2C)  += bin2c
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS)     += kallsyms
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_LOGO)         += pnmtologo
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_VT)           += conmakehash
diff --git a/scripts/basic/.gitignore b/scripts/basic/.gitignore
index 9528ec9e5adc..a776371a3502 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/basic/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 fixdep
-bin2c
diff --git a/scripts/basic/Makefile b/scripts/basic/Makefile
index 0372b33febe5..af49b446f17d 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/basic/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 # fixdep: 	 Used to generate dependency information during build process
 
 hostprogs-y	:= fixdep
-hostprogs-$(CONFIG_BUILD_BIN2C)     += bin2c
 always		:= $(hostprogs-y)
 
 # fixdep is needed to compile other host programs
diff --git a/scripts/basic/bin2c.c b/scripts/bin2c.c
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/basic/bin2c.c
rename to scripts/bin2c.c
diff --git a/security/tomoyo/Makefile b/security/tomoyo/Makefile
index b7c6a7ffc058..cca5a3012fee 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/Makefile
+++ b/security/tomoyo/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ obj-y = audit.o common.o condition.o domain.o environ.o file.o gc.o group.o load
 targets += builtin-policy.h
 define do_policy
 echo "static char tomoyo_builtin_$(1)[] __initdata ="; \
-$(objtree)/scripts/basic/bin2c <$(firstword $(wildcard $(obj)/policy/$(1).conf $(srctree)/$(src)/policy/$(1).conf.default) /dev/null); \
+$(objtree)/scripts/bin2c <$(firstword $(wildcard $(obj)/policy/$(1).conf $(srctree)/$(src)/policy/$(1).conf.default) /dev/null); \
 echo ";"
 endef
 quiet_cmd_policy  = POLICY  $@