diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index b2928f039c17..0b415ebee134 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ endif
 
 clean-files	:= lkc_defs.h qconf.moc .tmp_qtcheck \
 		   .tmp_gtkcheck zconf.tab.c lex.zconf.c zconf.hash.c
-subdir- += lxdialog
 
 # Needed for systems without gettext
 KBUILD_HAVE_NLS := $(shell \