diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 49edb9cc94106291d9a5f74b87bb5132fcd2ff4c..bd8da651c814a06be6081e3fdc6c16d3a24b36d1 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ syncconfig: $(obj)/conf
 	$< $(silent) --$@ $(Kconfig)
 
 localyesconfig localmodconfig: $(obj)/conf
-	$(Q)mkdir -p include/config include/generated
 	$(Q)perl $(srctree)/$(src)/streamline_config.pl --$@ $(srctree) $(Kconfig) > .tmp.config
 	$(Q)if [ -f .config ]; then 					\
 			cmp -s .tmp.config .config ||			\