diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys.txt b/Documentation/security/keys.txt
index 821c936e1a63..c9e7f4f223a5 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/keys.txt
+++ b/Documentation/security/keys.txt
@@ -323,8 +323,6 @@ about the status of the key service:
 	U	Under construction by callback to userspace
 	N	Negative key
 
-     This file must be enabled at kernel configuration time as it allows anyone
-     to list the keys database.
 
  (*) /proc/key-users
 
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index a59481a3fa6c..23e17a7e7a63 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ endif
 kernel/system_certificates.o: $(obj)/x509_certificate_list
 
 quiet_cmd_x509certs  = CERTS   $@
-      cmd_x509certs  = cat $(X509_CERTIFICATES) /dev/null >$@ $(foreach X509,$(X509_CERTIFICATES),; echo "  - Including cert $(X509)")
+      cmd_x509certs  = cat $(X509_CERTIFICATES) /dev/null >$@ $(foreach X509,$(X509_CERTIFICATES),; $(kecho) "  - Including cert $(X509)")
 
 targets += $(obj)/x509_certificate_list
 $(obj)/x509_certificate_list: $(X509_CERTIFICATES) $(obj)/.x509.list
diff --git a/scripts/asn1_compiler.c b/scripts/asn1_compiler.c
index 91c4117637ae..7750e9c31483 100644
--- a/scripts/asn1_compiler.c
+++ b/scripts/asn1_compiler.c
@@ -311,6 +311,9 @@ struct token {
 
 static struct token *token_list;
 static unsigned nr_tokens;
+static _Bool verbose;
+
+#define debug(fmt, ...) do { if (verbose) printf(fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
 
 static int directive_compare(const void *_key, const void *_pdir)
 {
@@ -322,21 +325,21 @@ static int directive_compare(const void *_key, const void *_pdir)
 	dlen = strlen(dir);
 	clen = (dlen < token->size) ? dlen : token->size;
 
-	//printf("cmp(%*.*s,%s) = ",
+	//debug("cmp(%*.*s,%s) = ",
 	//       (int)token->size, (int)token->size, token->value,
 	//       dir);
 
 	val = memcmp(token->value, dir, clen);
 	if (val != 0) {
-		//printf("%d [cmp]\n", val);
+		//debug("%d [cmp]\n", val);
 		return val;
 	}
 
 	if (dlen == token->size) {
-		//printf("0\n");
+		//debug("0\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
-	//printf("%d\n", (int)dlen - (int)token->size);
+	//debug("%d\n", (int)dlen - (int)token->size);
 	return dlen - token->size; /* shorter -> negative */
 }
 
@@ -515,13 +518,13 @@ static void tokenise(char *buffer, char *end)
 	}
 
 	nr_tokens = tix;
-	printf("Extracted %u tokens\n", nr_tokens);
+	debug("Extracted %u tokens\n", nr_tokens);
 
 #if 0
 	{
 		int n;
 		for (n = 0; n < nr_tokens; n++)
-			printf("Token %3u: '%*.*s'\n",
+			debug("Token %3u: '%*.*s'\n",
 			       n,
 			       (int)token_list[n].size, (int)token_list[n].size,
 			       token_list[n].value);
@@ -542,6 +545,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	ssize_t readlen;
 	FILE *out, *hdr;
 	char *buffer, *p;
+	char *kbuild_verbose;
 	int fd;
 
 	if (argc != 4) {
@@ -550,6 +554,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		exit(2);
 	}
 
+	kbuild_verbose = getenv("KBUILD_VERBOSE");
+	if (kbuild_verbose)
+		verbose = atoi(kbuild_verbose);
+
 	filename = argv[1];
 	outputname = argv[2];
 	headername = argv[3];
@@ -748,11 +756,11 @@ static void build_type_list(void)
 
 	qsort(type_index, nr, sizeof(type_index[0]), type_index_compare);
 
-	printf("Extracted %u types\n", nr_types);
+	debug("Extracted %u types\n", nr_types);
 #if 0
 	for (n = 0; n < nr_types; n++) {
 		struct type *type = type_index[n];
-		printf("- %*.*s\n",
+		debug("- %*.*s\n",
 		       (int)type->name->size,
 		       (int)type->name->size,
 		       type->name->value);
@@ -793,7 +801,7 @@ static void parse(void)
 
 	} while (type++, !(type->flags & TYPE_STOP_MARKER));
 
-	printf("Extracted %u actions\n", nr_actions);
+	debug("Extracted %u actions\n", nr_actions);
 }
 
 static struct element *element_list;
@@ -1284,7 +1292,7 @@ static void render(FILE *out, FILE *hdr)
 	}
 
 	/* We do two passes - the first one calculates all the offsets */
-	printf("Pass 1\n");
+	debug("Pass 1\n");
 	nr_entries = 0;
 	root = &type_list[0];
 	render_element(NULL, root->element, NULL);
@@ -1295,7 +1303,7 @@ static void render(FILE *out, FILE *hdr)
 		e->flags &= ~ELEMENT_RENDERED;
 
 	/* And then we actually render */
-	printf("Pass 2\n");
+	debug("Pass 2\n");
 	fprintf(out, "\n");
 	fprintf(out, "static const unsigned char %s_machine[] = {\n",
 		grammar_name);
diff --git a/security/keys/Kconfig b/security/keys/Kconfig
index a4f3f8c48d6e..72483b8f1be5 100644
--- a/security/keys/Kconfig
+++ b/security/keys/Kconfig
@@ -80,21 +80,3 @@ config ENCRYPTED_KEYS
 	  Userspace only ever sees/stores encrypted blobs.
 
 	  If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
-
-config KEYS_DEBUG_PROC_KEYS
-	bool "Enable the /proc/keys file by which keys may be viewed"
-	depends on KEYS
-	help
-	  This option turns on support for the /proc/keys file - through which
-	  can be listed all the keys on the system that are viewable by the
-	  reading process.
-
-	  The only keys included in the list are those that grant View
-	  permission to the reading process whether or not it possesses them.
-	  Note that LSM security checks are still performed, and may further
-	  filter out keys that the current process is not authorised to view.
-
-	  Only key attributes are listed here; key payloads are not included in
-	  the resulting table.
-
-	  If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
diff --git a/security/keys/proc.c b/security/keys/proc.c
index 972eeb336b81..f0611a6368cd 100644
--- a/security/keys/proc.c
+++ b/security/keys/proc.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <asm/errno.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS_DEBUG_PROC_KEYS
 static int proc_keys_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 static void *proc_keys_start(struct seq_file *p, loff_t *_pos);
 static void *proc_keys_next(struct seq_file *p, void *v, loff_t *_pos);
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_keys_fops = {
 	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
 	.release	= seq_release,
 };
-#endif
 
 static int proc_key_users_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 static void *proc_key_users_start(struct seq_file *p, loff_t *_pos);
@@ -67,11 +65,9 @@ static int __init key_proc_init(void)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *p;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS_DEBUG_PROC_KEYS
 	p = proc_create("keys", 0, NULL, &proc_keys_fops);
 	if (!p)
 		panic("Cannot create /proc/keys\n");
-#endif
 
 	p = proc_create("key-users", 0, NULL, &proc_key_users_fops);
 	if (!p)
@@ -86,8 +82,6 @@ __initcall(key_proc_init);
  * Implement "/proc/keys" to provide a list of the keys on the system that
  * grant View permission to the caller.
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS_DEBUG_PROC_KEYS
-
 static struct rb_node *key_serial_next(struct seq_file *p, struct rb_node *n)
 {
 	struct user_namespace *user_ns = seq_user_ns(p);
@@ -275,8 +269,6 @@ static int proc_keys_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_KEYS_DEBUG_PROC_KEYS */
-
 static struct rb_node *__key_user_next(struct user_namespace *user_ns, struct rb_node *n)
 {
 	while (n) {