diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index 3651cbf6ad49d39e65163e6849a65a68b747c4c8..f54b6ac37ac2ecd946708ef21904dbd01109b75d 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -124,9 +124,6 @@ existing-targets := $(wildcard $(sort $(targets)))
 
 -include $(foreach f,$(existing-targets),$(dir $(f)).$(notdir $(f)).cmd)
 
-PHONY += FORCE
-FORCE:
-
 endif
 
 .PHONY: $(PHONY)