diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b1b8a5a6d0..e7d8f1f027 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ MINIKCONF_ARGS = \
 
 MINIKCONF_INPUTS = $(SRC_PATH)/Kconfig.host $(SRC_PATH)/backends/Kconfig $(SRC_PATH)/hw/Kconfig
 MINIKCONF_DEPS = $(MINIKCONF_INPUTS) $(wildcard $(SRC_PATH)/hw/*/Kconfig)
-MINIKCONF = $(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/minikconf.py \
+MINIKCONF = $(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/minikconf.py
 
 $(SUBDIR_DEVICES_MAK): %/config-devices.mak: default-configs/%.mak $(MINIKCONF_DEPS) $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak
 	$(call quiet-command, $(MINIKCONF) $(MINIKCONF_ARGS) > $@.tmp, "GEN", "$@.tmp")