This build rule was introduced by commit cd05e6bdc600 ("[PATCH] kbuild: fix split-include dependency") to handle the dependency of scripts/basic/split-include. Now, fixdep is the only tool in scripts/basic/, and this rule is no longer used. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index ade8709..cfb49aa 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -477,9 +477,6 @@ scripts_basic: $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts/basic $(Q)rm -f .tmp_quiet_recordmcount -# To avoid any implicit rule to kick in, define an empty command. -scripts/basic/%: scripts_basic ; - PHONY += outputmakefile # outputmakefile generates a Makefile in the output directory, if using a # separate output directory. This allows convenient use of make in the -- 2.7.4