diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index 16923ba4b5b1..756d14f0d763 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ vmlinux.o: FORCE
 	$(call cmd,kernel-mod)
 
 # Declare generated files as targets for modpost
-$(symverfile):         __modpost ;
 $(modules:.ko=.mod.c): __modpost ;