diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.clean b/scripts/Makefile.clean
index 0aa91a07d9681a47adb9cb08a4a63e001ae08f57..1bca180db8ad0b6475464f3ca8ea78c881c1b1c5 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.clean
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.clean
@@ -88,11 +88,6 @@ PHONY += $(subdir-ymn)
 $(subdir-ymn):
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=$@
 
-# If quiet is set, only print short version of command
-
-cmd = @$(if $($(quiet)cmd_$(1)),echo '  $($(quiet)cmd_$(1))' &&) $(cmd_$(1))
-
-
 # Declare the contents of the .PHONY variable as phony.  We keep that
 # information in a variable se we can use it in if_changed and friends.