diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/Makefile
index 48fab15cfc0218e1a8e7a0bab389dc766d8ce3e7..535a424d9eb058e440cf426bae511fef2d897674 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/Makefile
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ $(obj)/uImage:	$(obj)/zImage FORCE
 
 $(obj)/bootp/bootp: $(obj)/zImage initrd FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(obj)/bootp $@
-	@:
 
 $(obj)/bootpImage: $(obj)/bootp/bootp FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/bootp/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/bootp/Makefile
index 5761f0039133ff33dc8bd96a61e2d2c355f59682..52a543b17ee359ff7aae18da4e774eb7c5784e32 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/bootp/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/bootp/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ targets	:= bootp init.o kernel.o initrd.o
 # Note that bootp.lds picks up kernel.o and initrd.o
 $(obj)/bootp:	$(src)/bootp.lds $(addprefix $(obj)/,init.o kernel.o initrd.o) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ld)
-	@:
 
 # kernel.o and initrd.o includes a binary image using
 # .incbin, a dependency which is not tracked automatically
diff --git a/arch/h8300/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/h8300/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 7643633f1330fd148b1e702973e15fb166137735..613bfe6f52727d5739e25a6a8102ac1b5b041ac6 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/h8300/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -Ttext $(IMAGE_OFFSET) -estartup -T $(obj)/vmlinux.lds \
 
 $(obj)/vmlinux: $(OBJECTS) $(obj)/piggy.o $(LIBGCC) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ld)
-	@:
 
 $(obj)/vmlinux.bin: vmlinux FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
diff --git a/arch/m32r/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/m32r/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 01729c2979ba2634f49f7c4403aab4e95652fead..0606a727aab234382f6ea790db35f434f108a500 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/m32r/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -T
 
 $(obj)/vmlinux: $(obj)/vmlinux.lds $(OBJECTS) $(obj)/piggy.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ld)
-	@:
 
 $(obj)/vmlinux.bin: vmlinux FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/mn10300/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 08a95e171685979eae6cbb5bfef89d7043e57f17..5f56f9de10616d0954a58d4e27b60aa6d966e4a1 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mn10300/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -Ttext $(CONFIG_KERNEL_ZIMAGE_BASE_ADDRESS) -e startup_32
 
 $(obj)/vmlinux: $(obj)/head.o $(obj)/misc.o $(obj)/piggy.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ld)
-	@:
 
 $(obj)/vmlinux.bin: vmlinux FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
diff --git a/arch/nios2/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/nios2/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 5b0fb346d88818022acbd4789a33207688731e6c..d5921c9a9726050be73fff222d0520502a849773 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/nios2/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -T
 
 $(obj)/vmlinux: $(obj)/vmlinux.lds $(OBJECTS) $(obj)/piggy.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ld)
-	@:
 
 LDFLAGS_piggy.o := -r --format binary --oformat elf32-littlenios2 -T
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/Makefile
index fac6ac9790fad18efc2f587757068f87ca7765fd..1dd210347e1243ddf01cc8761aabb157c6d7cec1 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ OBJECTS += $(obj)/head.o $(obj)/misc.o $(obj)/piggy.o
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux := --oformat $(LD_BFD) -e startup -T
 $(obj)/vmlinux: $(obj)/vmlinux.lds $(OBJECTS)
 	$(call if_changed,ld)
-	@:
 
 sed-sizes := -e 's/^\([0-9a-fA-F]*\) . \(__bss_start\|_end\)$$/\#define SZ\2 0x\1/p'
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/sh/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 6df826ee731637489410f247f48d21d3d9a87189..c4c47ea9fa941542e0efae62ca3bed2d4877dd68 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(lib1funcs-y)): $(obj)/%: $(lib1funcs-dir)/% FORCE
 
 $(obj)/vmlinux: $(OBJECTS) $(obj)/piggy.o $(lib1funcs-obj) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ld)
-	@:
 
 $(obj)/vmlinux.bin: vmlinux FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
diff --git a/arch/sh/boot/romimage/Makefile b/arch/sh/boot/romimage/Makefile
index 2216ee57f2516e14ff7c0017139dd01f1a83beb6..43c41191de5d9e37ba600bf250868c6387ad5f30 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boot/romimage/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/boot/romimage/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux := --oformat $(ld-bfd) -Ttext $(load-y) -e romstart \
 
 $(obj)/vmlinux: $(obj)/head.o $(obj-y) $(obj)/piggy.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ld)
-	@:
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS += -j .empty_zero_page
 
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/unicore32/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 96494fb646f74b2e1dddc42028f52db1a7afe36c..9aecdd3ddc4828242b7387061c71447cb44082e4 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/unicore32/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -T
 $(obj)/vmlinux: $(obj)/vmlinux.lds $(obj)/head.o $(obj)/piggy.o \
 		$(obj)/misc.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ld)
-	@:
 
 # We now have a PIC decompressor implementation.  Decompressors running
 # from RAM should not define ZTEXTADDR.  Decompressors running directly
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 6915ff2bd9962e0b495d0af05c18f51a9382c36e..0fb857ebe3d92fe17b3f8605907faa1e1e6c5a83 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_EFI_MIXED) += $(obj)/efi_thunk_$(BITS).o
 
 $(obj)/vmlinux: $(vmlinux-objs-y) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ld)
-	@:
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS_vmlinux.bin :=  -R .comment -S
 $(obj)/vmlinux.bin: vmlinux FORCE
diff --git a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
index 92e3e1d84c1d73fb86b086b6ea8783ccf2f3663e..12734a96df478b9fc384f7cbbffeeee45559a302 100644
--- a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,5 @@ quiet_cmd_bin2c = BIN2C   $@
 
 $(obj)/kexec-purgatory.c: $(obj)/purgatory.ro FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,bin2c)
-	@:
-
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE)	+= kexec-purgatory.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile b/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile
index b95964610ea7f45320105f0378267a39aa7b427e..c556c5ae8de5973852dd7da7517c65fe04fb00e1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ OBJCOPYFLAGS_realmode.bin := -O binary
 targets += realmode.bin
 $(obj)/realmode.bin: $(obj)/realmode.elf $(obj)/realmode.relocs FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
-	@:
 
 quiet_cmd_relocs = RELOCS  $@
       cmd_relocs = arch/x86/tools/relocs --realmode $< > $@