diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index ba573fe7c74d5bfe0495372931ebff69406f35c2..914833d99b06f78242fa12584c568ecef6a5e65a 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ update-po-config: $(obj)/kxgettext $(obj)/gconf.glade.h
 	    --directory=$(srctree) --directory=$(objtree)           \
 	    --output $(obj)/config.pot
 	$(Q)sed -i s/CHARSET/UTF-8/ $(obj)/config.pot
-	$(Q)ln -fs Kconfig.x86 arch/um/Kconfig
-	$(Q)(for i in `ls $(srctree)/arch/*/Kconfig`;    \
+	$(Q)(for i in `ls $(srctree)/arch/*/Kconfig      \
+	    $(srctree)/arch/*/um/Kconfig`;               \
 	    do                                           \
 		echo "  GEN $$i";                        \
 		$(obj)/kxgettext $$i                     \
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ update-po-config: $(obj)/kxgettext $(obj)/gconf.glade.h
 	    done )
 	$(Q)msguniq --sort-by-file --to-code=UTF-8 $(obj)/config.pot \
 	    --output $(obj)/linux.pot
-	$(Q)rm -f $(srctree)/arch/um/Kconfig
 	$(Q)rm -f $(obj)/config.pot
 
 PHONY += allnoconfig allyesconfig allmodconfig alldefconfig randconfig