diff --git a/scripts/diffconfig.sh b/scripts/diffconfig.sh
index ba5d8e8712..5f9fec5600 100755
--- a/scripts/diffconfig.sh
+++ b/scripts/diffconfig.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ grep '^CONFIG_DEVEL=y' .config >> tmp/.diffconfig.head
 grep '^CONFIG_TOOLCHAINOPTS=y' .config >> tmp/.diffconfig.head
 grep '^CONFIG_BUSYBOX_CUSTOM=y' .config >> tmp/.diffconfig.head
 grep '^CONFIG_TARGET_PER_DEVICE_ROOTFS=y' .config >> tmp/.diffconfig.head
-make -s ./scripts/config/conf
 ./scripts/config/conf --defconfig=tmp/.diffconfig.head -w tmp/.diffconfig.stage1 Config.in >/dev/null
 ./scripts/kconfig.pl '>+' tmp/.diffconfig.stage1 .config >> tmp/.diffconfig.head
 ./scripts/config/conf --defconfig=tmp/.diffconfig.head -w tmp/.diffconfig.stage2 Config.in >/dev/null