diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
index a0e067d3d96c..c9496313843b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MTRR)			+= mtrr/
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC)		+= perfctr-watchdog.o perf_event_amd_ibs.o
 
 quiet_cmd_mkcapflags = MKCAP   $@
-      cmd_mkcapflags = $(PERL) $(srctree)/$(src)/mkcapflags.pl $< $@
+      cmd_mkcapflags = $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/$(src)/mkcapflags.sh $< $@
 
 cpufeature = $(src)/../../include/asm/cpufeature.h
 
 targets += capflags.c
-$(obj)/capflags.c: $(cpufeature) $(src)/mkcapflags.pl FORCE
+$(obj)/capflags.c: $(cpufeature) $(src)/mkcapflags.sh FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,mkcapflags)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mkcapflags.pl b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mkcapflags.pl
deleted file mode 100644
index 091972ef49de..000000000000
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mkcapflags.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
-#
-# Generate the x86_cap_flags[] array from include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h
-#
-
-($in, $out) = @ARGV;
-
-open(IN, "< $in\0")   or die "$0: cannot open: $in: $!\n";
-open(OUT, "> $out\0") or die "$0: cannot create: $out: $!\n";
-
-print OUT "#ifndef _ASM_X86_CPUFEATURE_H\n";
-print OUT "#include <asm/cpufeature.h>\n";
-print OUT "#endif\n";
-print OUT "\n";
-print OUT "const char * const x86_cap_flags[NCAPINTS*32] = {\n";
-
-%features = ();
-$err = 0;
-
-while (defined($line = <IN>)) {
-	if ($line =~ /^\s*\#\s*define\s+(X86_FEATURE_(\S+))\s+(.*)$/) {
-		$macro = $1;
-		$feature = "\L$2";
-		$tail = $3;
-		if ($tail =~ /\/\*\s*\"([^"]*)\".*\*\//) {
-			$feature = "\L$1";
-		}
-
-		next if ($feature eq '');
-
-		if ($features{$feature}++) {
-			print STDERR "$in: duplicate feature name: $feature\n";
-			$err++;
-		}
-		printf OUT "\t%-32s = \"%s\",\n", "[$macro]", $feature;
-	}
-}
-print OUT "};\n";
-
-close(IN);
-close(OUT);
-
-if ($err) {
-	unlink($out);
-	exit(1);
-}
-
-exit(0);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mkcapflags.sh b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mkcapflags.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2bf616505499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mkcapflags.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Generate the x86_cap_flags[] array from include/asm/cpufeature.h
+#
+
+IN=$1
+OUT=$2
+
+TABS="$(printf '\t\t\t\t\t')"
+trap 'rm "$OUT"' EXIT
+
+(
+	echo "#ifndef _ASM_X86_CPUFEATURE_H"
+	echo "#include <asm/cpufeature.h>"
+	echo "#endif"
+	echo ""
+	echo "const char * const x86_cap_flags[NCAPINTS*32] = {"
+
+	# Iterate through any input lines starting with #define X86_FEATURE_
+	sed -n -e 's/\t/ /g' -e 's/^ *# *define *X86_FEATURE_//p' $IN |
+	while read i
+	do
+		# Name is everything up to the first whitespace
+		NAME="$(echo "$i" | sed 's/ .*//')"
+
+		# If the /* comment */ starts with a quote string, grab that.
+		VALUE="$(echo "$i" | sed -n 's@.*/\* *\("[^"]*"\).*\*/@\1@p')"
+		[ -z "$VALUE" ] && VALUE="\"$NAME\""
+		[ "$VALUE" == '""' ] && continue
+
+		# Name is uppercase, VALUE is all lowercase
+		VALUE="$(echo "$VALUE" | tr A-Z a-z)"
+
+		TABCOUNT=$(( ( 5*8 - 14 - $(echo "$NAME" | wc -c) ) / 8 ))
+		printf "\t[%s]%.*s = %s,\n" \
+			"X86_FEATURE_$NAME" "$TABCOUNT" "$TABS" "$VALUE"
+	done
+	echo "};"
+) > $OUT
+
+trap - EXIT