diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dd8959f019..8e3f6572d5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -228,14 +228,12 @@ ifndef KBUILD_VERBOSE
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(KBUILD_VERBOSE),1)
-  quiet =
   Q =
 ifndef VERBOSE
   VERBOSE = 1
 endif
 export VERBOSE
 else
-  quiet = quiet_
   Q = @
 endif
 
@@ -247,7 +245,7 @@ SHELL := $(shell if [ -x "$$BASH" ]; then echo $$BASH; \
 # kconfig uses CONFIG_SHELL
 CONFIG_SHELL := $(SHELL)
 
-export SHELL CONFIG_SHELL quiet Q KBUILD_VERBOSE
+export SHELL CONFIG_SHELL Q KBUILD_VERBOSE
 
 ifndef HOSTAR
 HOSTAR := ar
diff --git a/support/scripts/mkmakefile b/support/scripts/mkmakefile
index 833be6a92c..37162a3173 100755
--- a/support/scripts/mkmakefile
+++ b/support/scripts/mkmakefile
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ if test -e $2/Makefile && ! grep -q Automatically $2/Makefile
 then
 	exit 0
 fi
-if [ "${quiet}" != "silent_" ]; then
-	echo "  GEN     $2/Makefile"
-fi
+echo "  GEN     $2/Makefile"
 
 cat << EOF > $2/Makefile
 # Automatically generated by $0: don't edit