diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3672390536843ce0ad7b3a52d498657909ab574f..efbd2cbd89ae3c36e5701c19edebdb3b0275c603 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@ endif
 # Shorthand for $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.clean obj=dir
 # Usage:
 # $(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=dir
-clean := -f $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(srctree)/)scripts/Makefile.clean obj
+clean := -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.clean obj
 
 endif	# skip-makefile
 
diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 8a9a4e1c7eab6757f16daacd736529784881f39e..65e7b08bb2cc04db54412c07e72ef16c9fe2344e 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -171,13 +171,13 @@ ld-ifversion = $(shell [ $(call ld-version) $(1) $(2) ] && echo $(3))
 # Shorthand for $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=
 # Usage:
 # $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=dir
-build := -f $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(srctree)/)scripts/Makefile.build obj
+build := -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.build obj
 
 ###
 # Shorthand for $(Q)$(MAKE) -f scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin obj=
 # Usage:
 # $(Q)$(MAKE) $(modbuiltin)=dir
-modbuiltin := -f $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(srctree)/)scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin obj
+modbuiltin := -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin obj
 
 # Prefix -I with $(srctree) if it is not an absolute path.
 # skip if -I has no parameter
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.clean b/scripts/Makefile.clean
index c630ab52fa42f0b40f7287da2214e5f22e117ee6..b1c668dc68150b4780d0c5ff0c69cec5278c2daf 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.clean
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.clean
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ __clean:
 # Shorthand for $(Q)$(MAKE) scripts/Makefile.clean obj=dir
 # Usage:
 # $(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=dir
-clean := -f $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),$(srctree)/)scripts/Makefile.clean obj
+clean := -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.clean obj
 
 # The filename Kbuild has precedence over Makefile
 kbuild-dir := $(if $(filter /%,$(src)),$(src),$(srctree)/$(src))