# Detect when mixed targets is specified, and make a second invocation
 # of make so .config is not included in this case either (for *config).
 
-PHONY += generated_headers
-
-generated_headers: include/linux/version.h include/linux/compile.h \
-               include/linux/utsrelease.h
-
-no-dot-config-targets := generated_headers clean mrproper distclean \
+no-dot-config-targets := clean mrproper distclean \
                         cscope TAGS tags help %docs check% \
-                        headers_% kernelrelease kernelversion
+                        include/linux/version.h headers_% \
+                        kernelrelease kernelversion
 
 config-targets := 0
 mixed-targets  := 0
 
 endif # ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
 
-# compile.h changes depending on hostname, generation number, etc,
-# so we regenerate it always.
-# mkcompile_h will make sure to only update the
-# actual file if its content has changed.
-
-include/linux/compile.h: FORCE
-       @echo '  CHK     $@'
-       $(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkcompile_h $@ \
-       "$(UTS_MACHINE)" "$(CONFIG_SMP)" "$(CONFIG_PREEMPT)" "$(CC) $(CFLAGS)"
-
 # vmlinux image - including updated kernel symbols
 vmlinux: $(vmlinux-lds) $(vmlinux-init) $(vmlinux-main) $(kallsyms.o) FORCE
 ifdef CONFIG_HEADERS_CHECK
 # prepare2 creates a makefile if using a separate output directory
 prepare2: prepare3 outputmakefile
 
-prepare1: prepare2 generated_headers include/asm include/config/auto.conf
-
+prepare1: prepare2 include/linux/version.h include/linux/utsrelease.h \
+                   include/asm include/config/auto.conf
 ifneq ($(KBUILD_MODULES),)
        $(Q)mkdir -p $(MODVERDIR)
        $(Q)rm -f $(MODVERDIR)/*
 HDRARCHES=$(filter-out generic,$(patsubst $(srctree)/include/asm-%/Kbuild,%,$(wildcard $(srctree)/include/asm-*/Kbuild)))
 
 PHONY += headers_install_all
-headers_install_all: generated_headers scripts_basic FORCE
+headers_install_all: include/linux/version.h scripts_basic FORCE
        $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts scripts/unifdef
        $(Q)for arch in $(HDRARCHES); do \
         $(MAKE) ARCH=$$arch -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.headersinst obj=include BIASMDIR=-bi-$$arch ;\
         done
 
 PHONY += headers_install
-headers_install: generated_headers scripts_basic FORCE
+headers_install: include/linux/version.h scripts_basic FORCE
        @if [ ! -r $(srctree)/include/asm-$(ARCH)/Kbuild ]; then \
          echo '*** Error: Headers not exportable for this architecture ($(ARCH))'; \
          exit 1 ; fi
 # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper'
 MRPROPER_DIRS  += include/config include2 usr/include
 MRPROPER_FILES += .config .config.old include/asm .version .old_version \
-                  include/linux/autoconf.h include/linux/utsrelease.h include/linux/version.h \
+                  include/linux/autoconf.h include/linux/version.h      \
+                  include/linux/utsrelease.h                            \
                  Module.symvers tags TAGS cscope*
 
 # clean - Delete most, but leave enough to build external modules
 
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/crash_dump.h>
 #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
-#include <linux/compile.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 {
        int len;
 
-       /* FIXED STRING! Don't touch! */
-       len = snprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE,
-               "%s version %s"
-               " (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@" LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ")"
-               " (" LINUX_COMPILER ")"
-               " %s\n",
+       len = snprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE, linux_proc_banner,
                utsname()->sysname,
                utsname()->release,
                utsname()->version);
 
 
 # dependencies on generated files need to be listed explicitly
 
-$(obj)/main.o: include/linux/compile.h
 $(obj)/version.o: include/linux/compile.h
 
+# compile.h changes depending on hostname, generation number, etc,
+# so we regenerate it always.
+# mkcompile_h will make sure to only update the
+# actual file if its content has changed.
+
+include/linux/compile.h: FORCE
+       @echo '  CHK     $@'
+       $(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkcompile_h $@ \
+       "$(UTS_MACHINE)" "$(CONFIG_SMP)" "$(CONFIG_PREEMPT)" "$(CC) $(CFLAGS)"
 
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/debug_locks.h>
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
-#include <linux/utsrelease.h>
 #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
-#include <linux/compile.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
 {
 }
 
-static const char linux_banner[] =
-       "Linux version " UTS_RELEASE
-       " (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@" LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ")"
-       " (" LINUX_COMPILER ")"
-       " " UTS_VERSION "\n";
-
 asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
 {
        char * command_line;