diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/expr.c b/scripts/kconfig/expr.c
index 49376e12fa30..e1a39e90841d 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/expr.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/expr.c
@@ -1137,48 +1137,6 @@ static int expr_compare_type(enum expr_type t1, enum expr_type t2)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline struct expr *
-expr_get_leftmost_symbol(const struct expr *e)
-{
-
-	if (e == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-
-	while (e->type != E_SYMBOL)
-		e = e->left.expr;
-
-	return expr_copy(e);
-}
-
-/*
- * Given expression `e1' and `e2', returns the leaf of the longest
- * sub-expression of `e1' not containing 'e2.
- */
-struct expr *expr_simplify_unmet_dep(struct expr *e1, struct expr *e2)
-{
-	struct expr *ret;
-
-	switch (e1->type) {
-	case E_OR:
-		return expr_alloc_and(
-		    expr_simplify_unmet_dep(e1->left.expr, e2),
-		    expr_simplify_unmet_dep(e1->right.expr, e2));
-	case E_AND: {
-		struct expr *e;
-		e = expr_alloc_and(expr_copy(e1), expr_copy(e2));
-		e = expr_eliminate_dups(e);
-		ret = (!expr_eq(e, e1)) ? e1 : NULL;
-		expr_free(e);
-		break;
-		}
-	default:
-		ret = e1;
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return expr_get_leftmost_symbol(ret);
-}
-
 void expr_print(struct expr *e,
 		void (*fn)(void *, struct symbol *, const char *),
 		void *data, int prevtoken)
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/expr.h b/scripts/kconfig/expr.h
index 8dbf2a4cdae1..94a383b21df6 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/expr.h
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/expr.h
@@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ struct expr *expr_transform(struct expr *e);
 int expr_contains_symbol(struct expr *dep, struct symbol *sym);
 bool expr_depends_symbol(struct expr *dep, struct symbol *sym);
 struct expr *expr_trans_compare(struct expr *e, enum expr_type type, struct symbol *sym);
-struct expr *expr_simplify_unmet_dep(struct expr *e1, struct expr *e2);
 
 void expr_fprint(struct expr *e, FILE *out);
 struct gstr; /* forward */
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
index 6acf536c9726..f0b2e3b3102d 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
@@ -333,6 +333,27 @@ static struct symbol *sym_calc_choice(struct symbol *sym)
 	return def_sym;
 }
 
+static void sym_warn_unmet_dep(struct symbol *sym)
+{
+	struct gstr gs = str_new();
+
+	str_printf(&gs,
+		   "\nWARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for %s\n",
+		   sym->name);
+	str_printf(&gs,
+		   "  Depends on [%c]: ",
+		   sym->dir_dep.tri == mod ? 'm' : 'n');
+	expr_gstr_print(sym->dir_dep.expr, &gs);
+	str_printf(&gs, "\n");
+
+	expr_gstr_print_revdep(sym->rev_dep.expr, &gs, yes,
+			       "  Selected by [y]:\n");
+	expr_gstr_print_revdep(sym->rev_dep.expr, &gs, mod,
+			       "  Selected by [m]:\n");
+
+	fputs(str_get(&gs), stderr);
+}
+
 void sym_calc_value(struct symbol *sym)
 {
 	struct symbol_value newval, oldval;
@@ -414,18 +435,8 @@ void sym_calc_value(struct symbol *sym)
 				}
 			}
 		calc_newval:
-			if (sym->dir_dep.tri < sym->rev_dep.tri) {
-				struct expr *e;
-				e = expr_simplify_unmet_dep(sym->rev_dep.expr,
-				    sym->dir_dep.expr);
-				fprintf(stderr, "warning: (");
-				expr_fprint(e, stderr);
-				fprintf(stderr, ") selects %s which has unmet direct dependencies (",
-					sym->name);
-				expr_fprint(sym->dir_dep.expr, stderr);
-				fprintf(stderr, ")\n");
-				expr_free(e);
-			}
+			if (sym->dir_dep.tri < sym->rev_dep.tri)
+				sym_warn_unmet_dep(sym);
 			newval.tri = EXPR_OR(newval.tri, sym->rev_dep.tri);
 		}
 		if (newval.tri == mod &&