diff --git a/scripts/mkmakefile b/scripts/mkmakefile
index 85995f90e5c8..412f13fdff52 100755
--- a/scripts/mkmakefile
+++ b/scripts/mkmakefile
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ fi
 cat << EOF > Makefile
 # Automatically generated by $0: don't edit
 
-lastword = \$(word \$(words \$(1)),\$(1))
-makedir := \$(dir \$(call lastword,\$(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
-
 ifeq ("\$(origin V)", "command line")
 VERBOSE := \$(V)
 endif
@@ -30,15 +27,12 @@ ifneq (\$(VERBOSE),1)
 Q := @
 endif
 
-MAKEARGS := -C $1
-MAKEARGS += O=\$(if \$(patsubst /%,,\$(makedir)),\$(CURDIR)/)\$(patsubst %/,%,\$(makedir))
-
 MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
 
 .PHONY: __sub-make \$(MAKECMDGOALS)
 
 __sub-make:
-	\$(Q)\$(MAKE) \$(MAKEARGS) \$(MAKECMDGOALS)
+	\$(Q)\$(MAKE) -C $1 O=\$(CURDIR) \$(MAKECMDGOALS)
 
 \$(filter-out __sub-make, \$(MAKECMDGOALS)): __sub-make
 	@: