diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 6845482f009354e531ede0d90cb5a6dde20c7c07..1c6ce3536e4cf15e88d1a0138bd26daada9251f5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ define archhelp
   @echo '  *_defconfig     - Select default config from arch/$(ARCH)/configs'
 endef
 
-install: vdso_install
+install:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) install
 
 vdso_install:
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 204af43535c512556985a9c70d5b5c1b1355b485..f1e739a43d414025927c7f62db4af5895000070a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ zdisk bzdisk: vmlinux
 fdimage fdimage144 fdimage288 isoimage: vmlinux
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) BOOTIMAGE=$(KBUILD_IMAGE) $@
 
-install: vdso_install
+install:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) BOOTIMAGE=$(KBUILD_IMAGE) install
 
 PHONY += vdso_install