diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 4de89738827c..ba573fe7c74d 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ silentoldconfig: $(obj)/conf
 	$(Q)mkdir -p include/generated
 	$< --$@ $(Kconfig)
 
-localmodconfig: $(obj)/streamline_config.pl $(obj)/conf
+localyesconfig localmodconfig: $(obj)/streamline_config.pl $(obj)/conf
 	$(Q)mkdir -p include/generated
 	$(Q)perl $< --$@ $(srctree) $(Kconfig) > .tmp.config
 	$(Q)if [ -f .config ]; then 					\
@@ -48,22 +48,6 @@ localmodconfig: $(obj)/streamline_config.pl $(obj)/conf
 	fi
 	$(Q)rm -f .tmp.config
 
-localyesconfig: $(obj)/streamline_config.pl $(obj)/conf
-	$(Q)mkdir -p include/generated
-	$(Q)perl $< --$@ $(srctree) $(Kconfig) > .tmp.config
-	$(Q)sed -i s/=m/=y/ .tmp.config
-	$(Q)if [ -f .config ]; then					\
-			cmp -s .tmp.config .config ||			\
-			(mv -f .config .config.old.1;			\
-			 mv -f .tmp.config .config;			\
-			 $(obj)/conf --silentoldconfig $(Kconfig);	\
-			 mv -f .config.old.1 .config.old)		\
-	else								\
-			mv -f .tmp.config .config;			\
-			$(obj)/conf --silentoldconfig $(Kconfig);	\
-	fi
-	$(Q)rm -f .tmp.config
-
 # Create new linux.pot file
 # Adjust charset to UTF-8 in .po file to accept UTF-8 in Kconfig files
 # The symlink is used to repair a deficiency in arch/um