diff --git a/kernel/gen_kheaders.sh b/kernel/gen_kheaders.sh
index 34a1dc2abc7d..1966a749e0d9 100755
--- a/kernel/gen_kheaders.sh
+++ b/kernel/gen_kheaders.sh
@@ -56,9 +56,7 @@ if [ -f kernel/kheaders.md5 ] &&
 		exit
 fi
 
-if [ "${quiet}" != "silent_" ]; then
-       echo "  GEN     $tarfile"
-fi
+echo "  GEN     $tarfile"
 
 rm -rf $cpio_dir
 mkdir $cpio_dir
diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index f4de4c97015b..3b342b0b0b38 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux="$3"
 # Will be supressed by "make -s"
 info()
 {
-	if [ "${quiet}" != "silent_" ]; then
-		printf "  %-7s %s\n" "${1}" "${2}"
-	fi
+	printf "  %-7s %s\n" "${1}" "${2}"
 }
 
 # Generate a linker script to ensure correct ordering of initcalls.
diff --git a/scripts/mkcompile_h b/scripts/mkcompile_h
index 4ae735039daf..06bbf4c2c66c 100755
--- a/scripts/mkcompile_h
+++ b/scripts/mkcompile_h
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ PREEMPT_RT=$5
 CC_VERSION="$6"
 LD=$7
 
-vecho() { [ "${quiet}" = "silent_" ] || echo "$@" ; }
-
 # Do not expand names
 set -f
 
@@ -82,7 +80,7 @@ if [ -r $TARGET ] && \
       cmp -s .tmpver.1 .tmpver.2; then
    rm -f .tmpcompile
 else
-   vecho "  UPD     $TARGET"
+   echo "  UPD     $TARGET"
    mv -f .tmpcompile $TARGET
 fi
 rm -f .tmpver.1 .tmpver.2