diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7e4968fb2134d3b90206dbcd9a08a773c934399c..678119c5ad8277b7c2cb5d11c61e315798541f01 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -825,9 +825,6 @@ include/config/kernel.release: include/config/auto.conf FORCE
 # Listed in dependency order
 PHONY += prepare archprepare prepare0 prepare1 prepare2 prepare3
 
-# prepare-all is deprecated, use prepare as valid replacement
-PHONY += prepare-all
-
 # prepare3 is used to check if we are building in a separate output directory,
 # and if so do:
 # 1) Check that make has not been executed in the kernel src $(srctree)
@@ -860,7 +857,7 @@ prepare0: archprepare FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=.
 
 # All the preparing..
-prepare prepare-all: prepare0
+prepare: prepare0
 
 # Leave this as default for preprocessing vmlinux.lds.S, which is now
 # done in arch/$(ARCH)/kernel/Makefile