diff --git a/Documentation/dontdiff b/Documentation/dontdiff
index 352ff53a2306ad897f5ef3e20ade4ca27f664471..3c399f132e2db0a0f4bdd9ffc1f4ce63030570c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/dontdiff
+++ b/Documentation/dontdiff
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ asm_offsets.h
 autoconf.h*
 av_permissions.h
 bbootsect
-bin2c
 binkernel.spec
 bootsect
 bounds.h
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 44e90b28a30f12e82e7006d46a4daa588c29f15f..fded4396f25faff1a11e83e782d50bc6ffd6d10b 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -682,10 +682,6 @@ config CPU_ISOLATION
 
 source "kernel/rcu/Kconfig"
 
-config BUILD_BIN2C
-	bool
-	default n
-
 config IKCONFIG
 	tristate "Kernel .config support"
 	help
diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
index 11bf3c075fb67e69a934da2728d86252a86eea54..6e9ce6720a05aacbaa2f7e0dc96c2e67819e7269 100644
--- a/scripts/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /asn1_compiler
-/bin2c
 /generate_rust_target
 /insert-sys-cert
 /kallsyms
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index 0e0ae3c06ed74e36c0f8eda9c97fe224b406ba55..32b6ba7227284c0482c980d6f9a02a15d8ab4f7a 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # scripts contains sources for various helper programs used throughout
 # the kernel for the build process.
 
-hostprogs-always-$(CONFIG_BUILD_BIN2C)			+= bin2c
 hostprogs-always-$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS)			+= kallsyms
 hostprogs-always-$(BUILD_C_RECORDMCOUNT)		+= recordmcount
 hostprogs-always-$(CONFIG_BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT)		+= sorttable
diff --git a/scripts/bin2c.c b/scripts/bin2c.c
deleted file mode 100644
index c3d7eef3ad0619806e8b7069e097ca20406b56d8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/scripts/bin2c.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Unloved program to convert a binary on stdin to a C include on stdout
- *
- * Jan 1999 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
- *
- * This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
- * of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-	int ch, total = 0;
-
-	if (argc > 1)
-		printf("const char %s[] %s=\n",
-			argv[1], argc > 2 ? argv[2] : "");
-
-	do {
-		printf("\t\"");
-		while ((ch = getchar()) != EOF) {
-			total++;
-			printf("\\x%02x", ch);
-			if (total % 16 == 0)
-				break;
-		}
-		printf("\"\n");
-	} while (ch != EOF);
-
-	if (argc > 1)
-		printf("\t;\n\n#include <linux/types.h>\n\nconst size_t %s_size = %d;\n",
-		       argv[1], total);
-
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/scripts/remove-stale-files b/scripts/remove-stale-files
index c71bf2f6836039322f776b212b6453dc3b04207b..04fcdf73963842eb7fc0b621814598b3961803a6 100755
--- a/scripts/remove-stale-files
+++ b/scripts/remove-stale-files
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ rm -f scripts/extract-cert
 rm -f scripts/kconfig/[gmnq]conf-cfg
 
 rm -f rust/target.json
+
+rm -f scripts/bin2c