diff --git a/arch/s390/Makefile b/arch/s390/Makefile
index 4bccde36cb161e5d1b0037b3eb67066ed8861fbc..9a3a698c8fca5595a76e147d8d71da1ec09fc615 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/Makefile
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ all: bzImage
 #KBUILD_IMAGE is necessary for packaging targets like rpm-pkg, deb-pkg...
 KBUILD_IMAGE	:= $(boot)/bzImage
 
-install: vmlinux
+install:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $@
 
 bzImage: vmlinux
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/Makefile b/arch/s390/boot/Makefile
index f6a9b0c2035530fef55f9cf579d63a396c4598a9..45c72d1f9e7d270eba70a76310feb46387853e68 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ quiet_cmd_ar = AR      $@
 $(obj)/startup.a: $(OBJECTS) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ar)
 
-install: $(CONFIGURE) $(obj)/bzImage
+install:
 	sh -x  $(srctree)/$(obj)/install.sh $(KERNELRELEASE) $(obj)/bzImage \
 	      System.map "$(INSTALL_PATH)"