diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ed0ed93b2d..895410fbf9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -526,13 +526,14 @@ $(SOFTMMU_FUZZ_RULES): $(edk2-decompressed)
 $(TARGET_DIRS_RULES):
 	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKE) $(SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS) -C $(dir $@) V="$(V)" TARGET_DIR="$(dir $@)" $(notdir $@),)
 
-DTC_MAKE_ARGS=-I$(SRC_PATH)/dtc VPATH=$(SRC_PATH)/dtc -C dtc V="$(V)" LIBFDT_srcdir=$(SRC_PATH)/dtc/libfdt
+# LIBFDT_lib="": avoid breaking existing trees with objects requiring -fPIC
+DTC_MAKE_ARGS=-I$(SRC_PATH)/dtc VPATH=$(SRC_PATH)/dtc -C dtc V="$(V)" LIBFDT_lib=""
 DTC_CFLAGS=$(CFLAGS) $(QEMU_CFLAGS)
-DTC_CPPFLAGS=-I$(BUILD_DIR)/dtc -I$(SRC_PATH)/dtc -I$(SRC_PATH)/dtc/libfdt
+DTC_CPPFLAGS=-I$(SRC_PATH)/dtc/libfdt
 
 .PHONY: dtc/all
-dtc/all: .git-submodule-status dtc/libfdt dtc/tests
-	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKE) $(DTC_MAKE_ARGS) CPPFLAGS="$(DTC_CPPFLAGS)" CFLAGS="$(DTC_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(QEMU_LDFLAGS)" ARFLAGS="$(ARFLAGS)" CC="$(CC)" AR="$(AR)" LD="$(LD)" $(SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS) libfdt/libfdt.a,)
+dtc/all: .git-submodule-status dtc/libfdt
+	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKE) $(DTC_MAKE_ARGS) CPPFLAGS="$(DTC_CPPFLAGS)" CFLAGS="$(DTC_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(QEMU_LDFLAGS)" ARFLAGS="$(ARFLAGS)" CC="$(CC)" AR="$(AR)" LD="$(LD)" $(SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS) libfdt,)
 
 dtc/%: .git-submodule-status
 	@mkdir -p $@
@@ -820,7 +821,6 @@ distclean: clean
 	rm -rf $$d || exit 1 ; \
         done
 	rm -Rf .sdk
-	if test -f dtc/version_gen.h; then $(MAKE) $(DTC_MAKE_ARGS) clean; fi
 
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diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 89867a1720..8a9f544b0b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4312,7 +4312,6 @@ EOF
           mkdir -p dtc
           if [ "$pwd_is_source_path" != "y" ] ; then
               symlink "$source_path/dtc/Makefile" "dtc/Makefile"
-              symlink "$source_path/dtc/scripts" "dtc/scripts"
           fi
           fdt_cflags="-I\$(SRC_PATH)/dtc/libfdt"
           fdt_ldflags="-L\$(BUILD_DIR)/dtc/libfdt"
diff --git a/dtc b/dtc
index 88f18909db..85e5d83984 160000
--- a/dtc
+++ b/dtc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 88f18909db731a627456f26d779445f84e449536
+Subproject commit 85e5d839847af54efab170f2b1331b2a6421e647