diff --git a/conf/common.rmk b/conf/common.rmk
index f3c85d971..4133e7c97 100644
--- a/conf/common.rmk
+++ b/conf/common.rmk
@@ -100,6 +100,15 @@ grub_script_check_SOURCES = gnulib/progname.c gnulib/getdelim.c gnulib/getline.c
 	kern/handler.c kern/err.c kern/parser.c kern/list.c \
 	kern/misc.c kern/env.c grub_script_check_init.c grub_script.tab.c
 
+MOSTLYCLEANFILES += symlist.c kernel_syms.lst
+DEFSYMFILES += kernel_syms.lst
+
+symlist.c: $(addprefix include/grub/,$(kernel_img_HEADERS)) config.h gensymlist.sh
+	/bin/sh gensymlist.sh $(filter %.h,$^) > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
+
+kernel_syms.lst: $(addprefix include/grub/,$(kernel_img_HEADERS)) config.h genkernsyms.sh
+	/bin/sh genkernsyms.sh $(filter %.h,$^) > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
+
 # For the parser.
 grub_script.tab.c grub_script.tab.h: script/parser.y
 	$(YACC) -d -p grub_script_yy -b grub_script $(srcdir)/script/parser.y
diff --git a/conf/i386-coreboot.rmk b/conf/i386-coreboot.rmk
index 85407b47e..dbcba7f6b 100644
--- a/conf/i386-coreboot.rmk
+++ b/conf/i386-coreboot.rmk
@@ -39,15 +39,6 @@ kernel_img_CFLAGS = $(COMMON_CFLAGS)
 kernel_img_ASFLAGS = $(COMMON_ASFLAGS)
 kernel_img_LDFLAGS = $(COMMON_LDFLAGS) -Wl,-N,-S,-Ttext,$(GRUB_KERNEL_MACHINE_LINK_ADDR),-Bstatic
 
-MOSTLYCLEANFILES += symlist.c kernel_syms.lst
-DEFSYMFILES += kernel_syms.lst
-
-symlist.c: $(addprefix include/grub/,$(kernel_img_HEADERS)) config.h gensymlist.sh
-	/bin/sh gensymlist.sh $(filter %.h,$^) > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
-
-kernel_syms.lst: $(addprefix include/grub/,$(kernel_img_HEADERS)) config.h genkernsyms.sh
-	/bin/sh genkernsyms.sh $(filter %.h,$^) > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
-
 sbin_SCRIPTS += grub-install
 grub_install_SOURCES = util/grub-install.in
 
diff --git a/conf/i386-ieee1275.rmk b/conf/i386-ieee1275.rmk
index 6e5fd3055..ebcde000c 100644
--- a/conf/i386-ieee1275.rmk
+++ b/conf/i386-ieee1275.rmk
@@ -38,15 +38,6 @@ kernel_img_CFLAGS = $(COMMON_CFLAGS)
 kernel_img_ASFLAGS = $(COMMON_ASFLAGS)
 kernel_img_LDFLAGS = $(COMMON_LDFLAGS) -Wl,-N,-S,-Ttext,0x10000,-Bstatic
 
-MOSTLYCLEANFILES += symlist.c kernel_syms.lst
-DEFSYMFILES += kernel_syms.lst
-
-symlist.c: $(addprefix include/grub/,$(kernel_img_HEADERS)) config.h gensymlist.sh
-	/bin/sh gensymlist.sh $(filter %.h,$^) > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
-
-kernel_syms.lst: $(addprefix include/grub/,$(kernel_img_HEADERS)) config.h genkernsyms.sh
-	/bin/sh genkernsyms.sh $(filter %.h,$^) > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
-
 # Scripts.
 sbin_SCRIPTS = grub-install
 
diff --git a/conf/i386-pc.rmk b/conf/i386-pc.rmk
index b30863812..535c91109 100644
--- a/conf/i386-pc.rmk
+++ b/conf/i386-pc.rmk
@@ -71,15 +71,6 @@ kernel_img_ASFLAGS = $(COMMON_ASFLAGS)
 kernel_img_LDFLAGS = $(COMMON_LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS)$(GRUB_KERNEL_MACHINE_LINK_ADDR) $(COMMON_CFLAGS)
 kernel_img_FORMAT = binary
 
-MOSTLYCLEANFILES += symlist.c kernel_syms.lst
-DEFSYMFILES += kernel_syms.lst
-
-symlist.c: $(addprefix include/grub/,$(kernel_img_HEADERS)) config.h gensymlist.sh
-	/bin/sh gensymlist.sh $(filter %.h,$^) > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
-
-kernel_syms.lst: $(addprefix include/grub/,$(kernel_img_HEADERS)) config.h genkernsyms.sh
-	/bin/sh genkernsyms.sh $(filter %.h,$^) > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
-
 # Utilities.
 bin_UTILITIES = grub-mkimage
 sbin_UTILITIES = grub-setup
diff --git a/conf/i386-qemu.rmk b/conf/i386-qemu.rmk
index 17e4f1129..af150932f 100644
--- a/conf/i386-qemu.rmk
+++ b/conf/i386-qemu.rmk
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ kernel_img_ASFLAGS = $(COMMON_ASFLAGS) -DGRUB_KERNEL_MACHINE_LINK_ADDR=$(GRUB_KE
 kernel_img_LDFLAGS = $(COMMON_LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS)$(GRUB_KERNEL_MACHINE_LINK_ADDR)
 kernel_img_FORMAT = binary
 
-MOSTLYCLEANFILES += symlist.c kernel_syms.lst
-DEFSYMFILES += kernel_syms.lst
-
-symlist.c: $(addprefix include/grub/,$(kernel_img_HEADERS)) config.h gensymlist.sh
-	/bin/sh gensymlist.sh $(filter %.h,$^) > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
-
-kernel_syms.lst: $(addprefix include/grub/,$(kernel_img_HEADERS)) config.h genkernsyms.sh
-	/bin/sh genkernsyms.sh $(filter %.h,$^) > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
-
 sbin_SCRIPTS += grub-install
 grub_install_SOURCES = util/grub-install.in
 
diff --git a/conf/mips.rmk b/conf/mips.rmk
index e04b0adf2..32d945734 100644
--- a/conf/mips.rmk
+++ b/conf/mips.rmk
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ COMMON_LDFLAGS += -nostdlib
 script/lexer.c_DEPENDENCIES = grub_script.tab.h
 
 # Images.
-
-MOSTLYCLEANFILES += symlist.c kernel_syms.lst
-DEFSYMFILES += kernel_syms.lst
-
 kernel_img_HEADERS = boot.h cache.h device.h disk.h dl.h elf.h elfload.h \
 	env.h err.h file.h fs.h kernel.h misc.h mm.h net.h parser.h reader.h \
 	symbol.h term.h time.h types.h loader.h partition.h \
@@ -23,12 +19,6 @@ ifeq ($(platform), yeeloong)
 kernel_img_HEADERS += pci.h
 endif
 
-symlist.c: $(addprefix include/grub/,$(kernel_img_HEADERS)) config.h gensymlist.sh
-	/bin/sh gensymlist.sh $(filter %.h,$^) > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
-
-kernel_syms.lst: $(addprefix include/grub/,$(kernel_img_HEADERS)) config.h genkernsyms.sh
-	/bin/sh genkernsyms.sh $(filter %.h,$^) > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
-
 # Scripts.
 sbin_SCRIPTS = 
 bin_SCRIPTS = 
diff --git a/conf/powerpc-ieee1275.rmk b/conf/powerpc-ieee1275.rmk
index a22c38ec1..d5d6d3bd2 100644
--- a/conf/powerpc-ieee1275.rmk
+++ b/conf/powerpc-ieee1275.rmk
@@ -10,21 +10,12 @@ script/lexer.c_DEPENDENCIES = grub_script.tab.h
 
 # Images.
 
-MOSTLYCLEANFILES += symlist.c kernel_syms.lst
-DEFSYMFILES += kernel_syms.lst
-
 kernel_img_HEADERS = boot.h cache.h device.h disk.h dl.h elf.h elfload.h \
 	env.h err.h file.h fs.h kernel.h misc.h mm.h net.h parser.h reader.h \
 	symbol.h term.h time.h types.h powerpc/libgcc.h loader.h partition.h \
 	msdos_partition.h ieee1275/ieee1275.h machine/kernel.h handler.h list.h \
 	command.h i18n.h env_private.h
 
-symlist.c: $(addprefix include/grub/,$(kernel_img_HEADERS)) config.h gensymlist.sh
-	/bin/sh gensymlist.sh $(filter %.h,$^) > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
-
-kernel_syms.lst: $(addprefix include/grub/,$(kernel_img_HEADERS)) config.h genkernsyms.sh
-	/bin/sh genkernsyms.sh $(filter %.h,$^) > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
-
 # Programs
 pkglib_PROGRAMS = kernel.img
 
diff --git a/conf/sparc64-ieee1275.rmk b/conf/sparc64-ieee1275.rmk
index 69ed325b2..2668f1060 100644
--- a/conf/sparc64-ieee1275.rmk
+++ b/conf/sparc64-ieee1275.rmk
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ diskboot_img_ASFLAGS = $(COMMON_ASFLAGS)
 diskboot_img_LDFLAGS = $(COMMON_LDFLAGS) -Wl,-N,-Ttext,0x4200
 diskboot_img_FORMAT = binary
 
-MOSTLYCLEANFILES += symlist.c kernel_syms.lst
-DEFSYMFILES += kernel_syms.lst
-
 kernel_img_HEADERS = boot.h cache.h device.h disk.h dl.h elf.h elfload.h \
 	env.h err.h file.h fs.h kernel.h loader.h misc.h mm.h net.h parser.h \
 	partition.h msdos_partition.h reader.h symbol.h term.h time.h types.h \
@@ -51,12 +48,6 @@ kernel_img_ASFLAGS = $(COMMON_ASFLAGS)
 kernel_img_LDFLAGS = -nostdlib -Wl,-N,-Ttext,0x200000,-Bstatic,-melf64_sparc -static-libgcc -lgcc
 kernel_img_FORMAT = binary
 
-symlist.c: $(addprefix include/grub/,$(kernel_img_HEADERS)) config.h gensymlist.sh
-	/bin/sh gensymlist.sh $(filter %.h,$^) > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
-
-kernel_syms.lst: $(addprefix include/grub/,$(kernel_img_HEADERS)) config.h genkernsyms.sh
-	/bin/sh genkernsyms.sh $(filter %.h,$^) > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
-
 # Utilities.
 bin_UTILITIES = grub-mkimage
 sbin_UTILITIES = grub-setup grub-ofpathname
diff --git a/conf/x86-efi.rmk b/conf/x86-efi.rmk
index b115d174b..58918e145 100644
--- a/conf/x86-efi.rmk
+++ b/conf/x86-efi.rmk
@@ -57,16 +57,6 @@ kernel_img_CFLAGS = $(COMMON_CFLAGS)
 kernel_img_ASFLAGS = $(COMMON_ASFLAGS)
 kernel_img_LDFLAGS = $(COMMON_LDFLAGS)
 
-MOSTLYCLEANFILES += symlist.c
-MOSTLYCLEANFILES += symlist.c kernel_syms.lst
-DEFSYMFILES += kernel_syms.lst
-
-symlist.c: $(addprefix include/grub/,$(kernel_img_HEADERS)) config.h gensymlist.sh
-	/bin/sh gensymlist.sh $(filter %.h,$^) > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
-
-kernel_syms.lst: $(addprefix include/grub/,$(kernel_img_HEADERS)) config.h genkernsyms.sh
-	/bin/sh genkernsyms.sh $(filter %.h,$^) > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
-
 # For acpi.mod.
 acpi_mod_SOURCES = commands/acpi.c commands/efi/acpi.c
 acpi_mod_CFLAGS = $(COMMON_CFLAGS)