diff --git a/Kbuild b/Kbuild
index 00530420548225a8b26a36f504d9aa00468ddb42..b24210cb4dfeae945f3d6a743d9e6456dc316b1e 100644
--- a/Kbuild
+++ b/Kbuild
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ bounds-file := include/generated/bounds.h
 always  := $(bounds-file)
 targets := kernel/bounds.s
 
-# We use internal kbuild rules to avoid the "is up to date" message from make
-kernel/bounds.s: kernel/bounds.c FORCE
-	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_s_c)
-
 $(obj)/$(bounds-file): kernel/bounds.s FORCE
 	$(call filechk,offsets,__LINUX_BOUNDS_H__)
 
@@ -50,10 +46,7 @@ offsets-file := include/generated/asm-offsets.h
 always  += $(offsets-file)
 targets += arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/asm-offsets.s
 
-# We use internal kbuild rules to avoid the "is up to date" message from make
-arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/asm-offsets.s: arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/asm-offsets.c \
-                                      $(obj)/$(timeconst-file) $(obj)/$(bounds-file) FORCE
-	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_s_c)
+arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/asm-offsets.s: $(obj)/$(timeconst-file) $(obj)/$(bounds-file)
 
 $(obj)/$(offsets-file): arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/asm-offsets.s FORCE
 	$(call filechk,offsets,__ASM_OFFSETS_H__)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-at91/Makefile b/arch/arm/mach-at91/Makefile
index 7415f181907b854aff92fb303ea7ea391a9ce922..f87066b60836dff88d326be10d72d76c250007ae 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-at91/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-at91/Makefile
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_PM_DEBUG),y)
 CFLAGS_pm.o += -DDEBUG
 endif
 
-arch/arm/mach-at91/pm_data-offsets.s: arch/arm/mach-at91/pm_data-offsets.c
-	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_s_c)
-
 include/generated/at91_pm_data-offsets.h: arch/arm/mach-at91/pm_data-offsets.s FORCE
 	$(call filechk,offsets,__PM_DATA_OFFSETS_H__)
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Makefile b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Makefile
index 01377c292db43f6e48e7d3f4098140c7bf5cea7f..55c482c2bab159a5ec6d1eeb364315890502ebe3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Makefile
@@ -236,9 +236,6 @@ obj-y					+= omap_phy_internal.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_OMAP2_TUSB6010)	+= usb-tusb6010.o
 
-arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm-asm-offsets.s: arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm-asm-offsets.c
-	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_s_c)
-
 include/generated/ti-pm-asm-offsets.h: arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm-asm-offsets.s FORCE
 	$(call filechk,offsets,__TI_PM_ASM_OFFSETS_H__)
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile
index d0c0ccdd656a04bbcc20b8fa31b44756a552bc1e..7372d994b44ece551e2a269776dd199155a136b5 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile
@@ -50,10 +50,5 @@ CFLAGS_traps.o  += -mfixed-range=f2-f5,f16-f31
 # The gate DSO image is built using a special linker script.
 include $(src)/Makefile.gate
 
-# We use internal kbuild rules to avoid the "is up to date" message from make
-arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/nr-irqs.s: arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/nr-irqs.c
-	$(Q)mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_s_c)
-
 include/generated/nr-irqs.h: arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/nr-irqs.s FORCE
 	$(call filechk,offsets,__ASM_NR_IRQS_H__)
diff --git a/drivers/memory/Makefile.asm-offsets b/drivers/memory/Makefile.asm-offsets
index 843ff60ccb5a2eed716ef86654c43ae4d4053031..f968dfa71d8e78e260d09c1bc7e6e11b3429eff0 100644
--- a/drivers/memory/Makefile.asm-offsets
+++ b/drivers/memory/Makefile.asm-offsets
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-drivers/memory/emif-asm-offsets.s: drivers/memory/emif-asm-offsets.c
-	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_s_c)
-
 include/generated/ti-emif-asm-offsets.h: drivers/memory/emif-asm-offsets.s FORCE
 	$(call filechk,offsets,__TI_EMIF_ASM_OFFSETS_H__)
diff --git a/samples/bpf/Makefile b/samples/bpf/Makefile
index be0a961450bc2f3ebdcc681540b81d9b66235645..100a49d35c7742f8750fbc863fef4a3e3305ed84 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/samples/bpf/Makefile
@@ -227,9 +227,6 @@ $(LIBBPF): FORCE
 # Fix up variables inherited from Kbuild that tools/ build system won't like
 	$(MAKE) -C $(dir $@) RM='rm -rf' LDFLAGS= srctree=$(BPF_SAMPLES_PATH)/../../ O=
 
-$(obj)/syscall_nrs.s:	$(src)/syscall_nrs.c
-	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_s_c)
-
 $(obj)/syscall_nrs.h:	$(obj)/syscall_nrs.s FORCE
 	$(call filechk,offsets,__SYSCALL_NRS_H__)