diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e2d8fdcdd..16fcfeb98 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -399,7 +399,6 @@ ifeq ($(config-targets),1)
 export KBUILD_DEFCONFIG
 
 config %config: scripts_basic outputmakefile FORCE
-	$(Q)mkdir -p include/linux
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts/kconfig $@
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree) KBUILD_SRC= .kernelrelease
 
@@ -472,7 +471,6 @@ ifeq ($(dot-config),1)
 # If kconfig.d is missing then we are probarly in a cleaned tree so
 # we execute the config step to be sure to catch updated Kconfig files
 include/autoconf.h: .kconfig.d .config
-	$(Q)mkdir -p include/linux
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile silentoldconfig
 
 else