diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 76f6171768e4..e7bf38e92007 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ hostprogs-y := conf nconf mconf kxgettext qconf gconf
 
 clean-files	:= qconf.moc .tmp_qtcheck .tmp_gtkcheck
 clean-files	+= zconf.tab.c zconf.lex.c zconf.hash.c gconf.glade.h
-clean-files     += mconf qconf gconf nconf
 clean-files     += config.pot linux.pot
 
 # Check that we have the required ncurses stuff installed for lxdialog (menuconfig)