diff --git a/scripts/minikconf.py b/scripts/minikconf.py
index 3109a81db7..40ae1989e1 100644
--- a/scripts/minikconf.py
+++ b/scripts/minikconf.py
@@ -702,8 +702,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     config = data.compute_config()
     for key in sorted(config.keys()):
-        if key not in external_vars:
-            print ('CONFIG_%s=%s' % (key, ('y' if config[key] else 'n')))
+        if key not in external_vars and config[key]:
+            print ('CONFIG_%s=y' % key)
 
     deps = open(argv[2], 'w')
     for fname in data.previously_included: