diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/.gitignore b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d358395614c9..000000000000
--- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-ashldi3.c
-bswapsi.c
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 9112bdb86be4..2861a05c2e0c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -50,26 +50,10 @@ vmlinuzobjs-$(CONFIG_MIPS_ALCHEMY)		   += $(obj)/uart-alchemy.o
 vmlinuzobjs-$(CONFIG_ATH79)			   += $(obj)/uart-ath79.o
 endif
 
-extra-y += uart-ath79.c
-$(obj)/uart-ath79.c: $(srctree)/arch/mips/ath79/early_printk.c
-	$(call cmd,shipped)
-
 vmlinuzobjs-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ) += $(obj)/ashldi3.o
 
 vmlinuzobjs-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_ZSTD) += $(obj)/bswapdi.o
 
-extra-y += ashldi3.c
-$(obj)/ashldi3.c: $(obj)/%.c: $(srctree)/lib/%.c FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,shipped)
-
-extra-y += bswapsi.c
-$(obj)/bswapsi.c: $(obj)/%.c: $(srctree)/arch/mips/lib/%.c FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,shipped)
-
-extra-y += bswapdi.c
-$(obj)/bswapdi.c: $(obj)/%.c: $(srctree)/arch/mips/lib/%.c FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,shipped)
-
 targets := $(notdir $(vmlinuzobjs-y))
 
 targets += vmlinux.bin
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/ashldi3.c b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/ashldi3.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f7bf6a7aae31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/ashldi3.c
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#include "../../../../lib/ashldi3.c"
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/bswapdi.c b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/bswapdi.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..acb28aebb025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/bswapdi.c
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#include "../../lib/bswapdi.c"
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/bswapsi.c b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/bswapsi.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fdb9c6476904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/bswapsi.c
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#include "../../lib/bswapsi.c"
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/uart-ath79.c b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/uart-ath79.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d686820921be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/uart-ath79.c
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#include "../../ath79/early_printk.c"
diff --git a/scripts/remove-stale-files b/scripts/remove-stale-files
index c3eb81c3f7de..0114c41e6938 100755
--- a/scripts/remove-stale-files
+++ b/scripts/remove-stale-files
@@ -28,4 +28,9 @@ if [ -n "${building_out_of_srctree}" ]; then
 	do
 		rm -f arch/arm/boot/compressed/${f}
 	done
+
+	for f in uart-ath79.c ashldi3.c bswapdi.c bswapsi.c
+	do
+		rm -f arch/mips/boot/compressed/${f}
+	done
 fi