diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a9edd0303653..efbc0966b82a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ PHONY += archheaders archscripts
 hdr-inst := -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.headersinst obj
 
 PHONY += headers
-headers: $(version_h) scripts_unifdef uapi-asm-generic archheaders archscripts
+headers: $(version_h) scripts_unifdef uapi-asm-generic archheaders
 ifdef HEADER_ARCH
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile HEADER_ARCH= SRCARCH=$(HEADER_ARCH) headers
 else