diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/Makefile b/drivers/tty/vt/Makefile
index 14a51c9960df..17ae94cb29f8 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/Makefile
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ $(obj)/defkeymap.o:  $(obj)/defkeymap.c
 ifdef GENERATE_KEYMAP
 
 $(obj)/defkeymap.c: $(obj)/%.c: $(src)/%.map
-	loadkeys --mktable $< > $@.tmp
-	sed -e 's/^static *//' $@.tmp > $@
-	rm $@.tmp
+	loadkeys --mktable $< > $@
 
 endif