diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index ef2f2336c469..1ce83269a5dc 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ help:
 # ===========================================================================
 # object files used by all kconfig flavours
 common-objs	:= confdata.o expr.o lexer.lex.o parser.tab.o preprocess.o \
-		   symbol.o
+		   symbol.o util.o
 
 $(obj)/lexer.lex.o: $(obj)/parser.tab.h
 HOSTCFLAGS_lexer.lex.o	:= -I $(srctree)/$(src)
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/parser.y b/scripts/kconfig/parser.y
index 60936c76865b..b3eff9613cf8 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/parser.y
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/parser.y
@@ -727,5 +727,4 @@ void zconfdump(FILE *out)
 	}
 }
 
-#include "util.c"
 #include "menu.c"