diff --git a/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile b/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile
index cff570a71946..2b42c370d574 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ $(obj)/simpleImage.$(DTB).ub: $(obj)/simpleImage.$(DTB) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,uimage)
 
 $(obj)/simpleImage.$(DTB).unstrip: vmlinux FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,shipped)
+	$(call if_changed,copy)
 
 $(obj)/simpleImage.$(DTB).strip: vmlinux FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,strip)
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/microblaze/boot/dts/Makefile
index ef00dd30d19a..b84e2cbb20ee 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/boot/dts/Makefile
+++ b/arch/microblaze/boot/dts/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ $(obj)/linked_dtb.o: $(obj)/system.dtb
 # Generate system.dtb from $(DTB).dtb
 ifneq ($(DTB),system)
 $(obj)/system.dtb: $(obj)/$(DTB).dtb
-	$(call if_changed,shipped)
+	$(call if_changed,copy)
 endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/fs/unicode/Makefile b/fs/unicode/Makefile
index 0cc87423de82..0e51c0025a16 100644
--- a/fs/unicode/Makefile
+++ b/fs/unicode/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ $(obj)/utf8data.c: $(obj)/mkutf8data $(filter %.txt, $(cmd_utf8data)) FORCE
 else
 
 $(obj)/utf8data.c: $(src)/utf8data.c_shipped FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,shipped)
+	$(call if_changed,copy)
 
 endif
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 79be57fdd32a..40735a3adb54 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -246,20 +246,16 @@ $(foreach m, $(notdir $1), \
 	$(addprefix $(obj)/, $(foreach s, $3, $($(m:%$(strip $2)=%$(s)))))))
 endef
 
-quiet_cmd_copy = COPY    $@
-      cmd_copy = cp $< $@
-
-# Shipped files
+# Copy a file
 # ===========================================================================
 # 'cp' preserves permissions. If you use it to copy a file in read-only srctree,
 # the copy would be read-only as well, leading to an error when executing the
 # rule next time. Use 'cat' instead in order to generate a writable file.
-
-quiet_cmd_shipped = SHIPPED $@
-cmd_shipped = cat $< > $@
+quiet_cmd_copy = COPY    $@
+      cmd_copy = cat $< > $@
 
 $(obj)/%: $(src)/%_shipped
-	$(call cmd,shipped)
+	$(call cmd,copy)
 
 # Commands useful for building a boot image
 # ===========================================================================
diff --git a/usr/Makefile b/usr/Makefile
index cc0d2824e100..59d9e8b07a01 100644
--- a/usr/Makefile
+++ b/usr/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # kbuild file for usr/ - including initramfs image
 #
 
-compress-y					:= shipped
+compress-y					:= copy
 compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP)	:= gzip
 compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_BZIP2)	:= bzip2
 compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA)	:= lzma
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ endif
 # .cpio.*, use it directly as an initramfs, and avoid double compression.
 ifeq ($(words $(subst .cpio.,$(space),$(ramfs-input))),2)
 cpio-data := $(ramfs-input)
-compress-y := shipped
+compress-y := copy
 endif
 
 endif