diff --git a/security/tomoyo/Kconfig b/security/tomoyo/Kconfig
index b9f867100a9f..772d2ab58fd1 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/Kconfig
+++ b/security/tomoyo/Kconfig
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ config SECURITY_TOMOYO
 	select SECURITY_PATH
 	select SECURITY_NETWORK
 	select SRCU
-	select BUILD_BIN2C
 	default n
 	help
 	  This selects TOMOYO Linux, pathname-based access control.
diff --git a/security/tomoyo/Makefile b/security/tomoyo/Makefile
index 1b18a02ccd2e..884ff155edc3 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/Makefile
+++ b/security/tomoyo/Makefile
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 obj-y = audit.o common.o condition.o domain.o environ.o file.o gc.o group.o load_policy.o memory.o mount.o network.o realpath.o securityfs_if.o tomoyo.o util.o
 
 targets += builtin-policy.h
-define do_policy
-echo "static char tomoyo_builtin_$(1)[] __initdata ="; \
-$(objtree)/scripts/bin2c <$(firstword $(wildcard $(obj)/policy/$(1).conf $(srctree)/$(src)/policy/$(1).conf.default) /dev/null); \
-echo ";"
-endef
-quiet_cmd_policy  = POLICY  $@
-      cmd_policy  = ($(call do_policy,profile); $(call do_policy,exception_policy); $(call do_policy,domain_policy); $(call do_policy,manager); $(call do_policy,stat)) >$@
+
+quiet_cmd_policy = POLICY  $@
+      cmd_policy = { \
+	$(foreach x, profile exception_policy domain_policy manager stat, \
+	printf 'static char tomoyo_builtin_$x[] __initdata =\n'; \
+	sed -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' -e 's/\"/\\"/g' -e 's/\(.*\)/\t"\1\\n"/' -- $(firstword $(filter %/$x.conf %/$x.conf.default, $^) /dev/null);  \
+	printf '\t"";\n';) \
+	} > $@
 
 $(obj)/builtin-policy.h: $(wildcard $(obj)/policy/*.conf $(srctree)/$(src)/policy/*.conf.default) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,policy)