diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index e7889f486ca1fdced1cba49f3623ce7f742d2193..514ed63ff5710789fda060eb06cf10813a4124ad 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -590,7 +590,4 @@ endif
 # We never want them to be removed automatically.
 .SECONDARY: $(targets)
 
-# Declare the contents of the .PHONY variable as phony.  We keep that
-# information in a variable se we can use it in if_changed and friends.
-
 .PHONY: $(PHONY)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.clean b/scripts/Makefile.clean
index 808d09f27ad4063424211a8264297a0b3945d3c5..17ef94c635cd5dcfd23c355576a351730076dd73 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.clean
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.clean
@@ -88,7 +88,4 @@ PHONY += $(subdir-ymn)
 $(subdir-ymn):
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=$@
 
-# Declare the contents of the .PHONY variable as phony.  We keep that
-# information in a variable se we can use it in if_changed and friends.
-
 .PHONY: $(PHONY)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
index a763b4775d062965a82af7761aaa8cb5a28aeb8e..40867a41615ba812987100133793183e6f82a1d5 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
@@ -54,8 +54,4 @@ PHONY += $(subdir-ym)
 $(subdir-ym):
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(modbuiltin)=$@
 
-
-# Declare the contents of the .PHONY variable as phony.  We keep that
-# information in a variable se we can use it in if_changed and friends.
-
 .PHONY: $(PHONY)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modinst b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
index 51ca0244fc8ac4f8e2981fb9dbc9df3efe507861..ff5ca9817a85ab394740c7ec8f8459f02a9656f9 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
@@ -35,8 +35,4 @@ modinst_dir = $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(ext-mod-dir),kernel/$(@D))
 $(modules):
 	$(call cmd,modules_install,$(MODLIB)/$(modinst_dir))
 
-
-# Declare the contents of the .PHONY variable as phony.  We keep that
-# information in a variable so we can use it in if_changed and friends.
-
 .PHONY: $(PHONY)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index df4174405feb331a772abe871046d9260c43c690..dd92dbbbaa687b73f31b922187c0da15f66266e0 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -149,8 +149,4 @@ ifneq ($(cmd_files),)
   include $(cmd_files)
 endif
 
-
-# Declare the contents of the .PHONY variable as phony.  We keep that
-# information in a variable se we can use it in if_changed and friends.
-
 .PHONY: $(PHONY)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modsign b/scripts/Makefile.modsign
index 171483bc0538d7faa5e4a34c5804a2f8e721f2ea..da56aa78d245da2835d7714d6bb81e15cb1cf3f4 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modsign
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modsign
@@ -27,7 +27,4 @@ modinst_dir = $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(ext-mod-dir),kernel/$(@D))
 $(modules):
 	$(call cmd,sign_ko,$(MODLIB)/$(modinst_dir))
 
-# Declare the contents of the .PHONY variable as phony.  We keep that
-# information in a variable se we can use it in if_changed and friends.
-
 .PHONY: $(PHONY)