diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d36e5361810f..8533ba64713c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2148,6 +2148,10 @@ kernelversion:
 image_name:
 	@echo $(KBUILD_IMAGE)
 
+PHONY += run-command
+run-command:
+	$(Q)$(KBUILD_RUN_COMMAND)
+
 quiet_cmd_rmfiles = $(if $(wildcard $(rm-files)),CLEAN   $(wildcard $(rm-files)))
       cmd_rmfiles = rm -rf $(rm-files)
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.package b/scripts/Makefile.package
index e9217e997c68..7cd61a374dae 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.package
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.package
@@ -146,10 +146,6 @@ deb-pkg srcdeb-pkg bindeb-pkg:
 		--no-check-builddeps) \
 	$(DPKG_FLAGS))
 
-PHONY += intdeb-pkg
-intdeb-pkg:
-	+$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/package/builddeb
-
 # snap-pkg
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PHONY += snap-pkg
diff --git a/scripts/package/mkdebian b/scripts/package/mkdebian
index ba2453e08d40..9105abab9728 100755
--- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
+++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
@@ -283,7 +283,8 @@ build: build-arch
 binary-indep:
 binary-arch: build-arch
 	\$(MAKE) -f \$(srctree)/Makefile ARCH=${ARCH} \
-	KERNELRELEASE=\$(KERNELRELEASE) intdeb-pkg
+	KERNELRELEASE=\$(KERNELRELEASE) \
+	run-command KBUILD_RUN_COMMAND=+\$(srctree)/scripts/package/builddeb
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf debian/files debian/linux-*