diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/android/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/android/Makefile
index d9a72547837543cb62f9754dd587afa01510d516..72c25a3cb65892c4d2ae0cd13add3c3cf2423b50 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/android/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/android/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ TEST_PROGS := run.sh
 
 include ../lib.mk
 
-all: khdr
+all:
 	@for DIR in $(SUBDIRS); do		\
 		BUILD_TARGET=$(OUTPUT)/$$DIR;	\
 		mkdir $$BUILD_TARGET  -p;	\
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/Makefile
index ad1eeb14fda7ebf5717e7183ea83b31f6013600c..30996306cabcfe89a47977643e529b122893bb7e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ TEST_GEN_FILES := \
 TEST_PROGS := run.sh
 
 top_srcdir = ../../../../..
+KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL := 1
 include ../../lib.mk
 
 $(TEST_GEN_FILES): $(HEADERS)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/gpio/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/gpio/Makefile
index f22b22aef7bfba04b4ef6ab703b32b4afeb17f8a..0bb80619db580af1dcb23ff8fde3235d20a2c825 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/gpio/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/gpio/Makefile
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED := gpio-mockup-chardev
 GPIODIR := $(realpath ../../../gpio)
 GPIOOBJ := gpio-utils.o
 
-include ../lib.mk
-
 all: $(TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED)
 
 override define CLEAN
@@ -25,7 +23,9 @@ override define CLEAN
 	$(MAKE) -C $(GPIODIR) OUTPUT=$(GPIODIR)/ clean
 endef
 
-$(TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED):| khdr
+KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL := 1
+include ../lib.mk
+
 $(TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED): $(GPIODIR)/$(GPIOOBJ)
 
 $(GPIODIR)/$(GPIOOBJ):
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile
index 01a219229238d4baf949414e1ed1fa122b1bf0c5..52bfe5e7690799d5b32f04d78c730883fcdfa6bf 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 all:
 
 top_srcdir = ../../../..
+KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL := 1
 UNAME_M := $(shell uname -m)
 
 LIBKVM = lib/assert.c lib/elf.c lib/io.c lib/kvm_util.c lib/ucall.c lib/sparsebit.c
@@ -44,7 +45,6 @@ $(OUTPUT)/libkvm.a: $(LIBKVM_OBJ)
 
 all: $(STATIC_LIBS)
 $(TEST_GEN_PROGS): $(STATIC_LIBS)
-$(STATIC_LIBS):| khdr
 
 cscope: include_paths = $(LINUX_TOOL_INCLUDE) $(LINUX_HDR_PATH) include lib ..
 cscope:
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
index 0a8e75886224b371f6da30f7a01d10f652313b66..8b0f16409ed7eb534714b6ca9d92a2721bef52da 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
@@ -16,18 +16,18 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS := $(patsubst %,$(OUTPUT)/%,$(TEST_GEN_PROGS))
 TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED := $(patsubst %,$(OUTPUT)/%,$(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED))
 TEST_GEN_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(OUTPUT)/%,$(TEST_GEN_FILES))
 
+ifdef KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL
 top_srcdir ?= ../../../..
 include $(top_srcdir)/scripts/subarch.include
 ARCH		?= $(SUBARCH)
 
-all: $(TEST_GEN_PROGS) $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED) $(TEST_GEN_FILES)
-
 .PHONY: khdr
 khdr:
 	make ARCH=$(ARCH) -C $(top_srcdir) headers_install
 
-ifdef KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL
-$(TEST_GEN_PROGS) $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED) $(TEST_GEN_FILES):| khdr
+all: khdr $(TEST_GEN_PROGS) $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED) $(TEST_GEN_FILES)
+else
+all: $(TEST_GEN_PROGS) $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED) $(TEST_GEN_FILES)
 endif
 
 .ONESHELL:
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/networking/timestamping/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/networking/timestamping/Makefile
index 14cfcf006936da9dd465ae7fbd8e18b1ebb0a1bf..c46c0eefab9ef005063736af41d086c5e6dde354 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/networking/timestamping/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/networking/timestamping/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ TEST_PROGS := hwtstamp_config rxtimestamp timestamping txtimestamp
 all: $(TEST_PROGS)
 
 top_srcdir = ../../../../..
+KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL := 1
 include ../../lib.mk
 
 clean:
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/bpf/Makefile
index dc92eb271d9a1bac738bb4df040bf3db6ae6f2c5..be5a5e54280433ca6474c28665c5bc866fdab7f4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/bpf/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ APIDIR := ../../../../include/uapi
 TEST_GEN_FILES = action.o
 
 top_srcdir = ../../../../..
+KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL := 1
 include ../../lib.mk
 
 CLANG ?= clang
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
index 6e67e726e5a5d68e739bb3c8c5b9bc44585862ca..e13eb6cc890187ee3e20cc94a3b859a00db3fb9d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ TEST_GEN_FILES += virtual_address_range
 
 TEST_PROGS := run_vmtests
 
+KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL := 1
 include ../lib.mk
 
 $(OUTPUT)/userfaultfd: LDLIBS += -lpthread