diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ice.rst b/Documentation/networking/ice.rst
index 1e4948c9e9897afb3ac0231a2c1c76ea310968ee..4d118b827bbb7ed1f9e7c221ae1c10ceee7bb779 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ice.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ice.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Enabling the driver
 The driver is enabled via the standard kernel configuration system,
 using the make command::
 
-  make oldconfig/silentoldconfig/menuconfig/etc.
+  make oldconfig/menuconfig/etc.
 
 The driver is located in the menu structure at:
 
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 5d37a604ecc8440b2cb79bdd75212f739d4aeffe..63b609243d03783beb1da485aaaa1e1d6f3c78eb 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -68,14 +68,7 @@ PHONY += $(simple-targets)
 $(simple-targets): $(obj)/conf
 	$< $(silent) --$@ $(Kconfig)
 
-PHONY += silentoldconfig savedefconfig defconfig
-
-# We do not expect manual invokcation of "silentoldcofig" (or "syncconfig").
-silentoldconfig: syncconfig
-	@echo "  WARNING: \"silentoldconfig\" has been renamed to \"syncconfig\""
-	@echo "            and is now an internal implementation detail."
-	@echo "            What you want is probably \"oldconfig\"."
-	@echo "            \"silentoldconfig\" will be removed after Linux 4.19"
+PHONY += savedefconfig defconfig
 
 savedefconfig: $(obj)/conf
 	$< $(silent) --$@=defconfig $(Kconfig)