diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 79601320ac3e..2dac8010c142 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -346,7 +346,8 @@ AFLAGS_KERNEL	=
 # Use LINUXINCLUDE when you must reference the include/ directory.
 # Needed to be compatible with the O= option
 LINUXINCLUDE    := -Iinclude \
-                   $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),-Iinclude2 -I$(srctree)/include)
+                   $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),-Iinclude2 -I$(srctree)/include) \
+		   -imacros include/linux/autoconf.h
 
 CPPFLAGS        := -D__KERNEL__ $(LINUXINCLUDE)
 
@@ -1249,11 +1250,6 @@ tags: FORCE
 # Scripts to check various things for consistency
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-configcheck:
-	find * $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
-		-name '*.[hcS]' -type f -print | sort \
-		| xargs $(PERL) -w scripts/checkconfig.pl
-
 includecheck:
 	find * $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
 		-name '*.[hcS]' -type f -print | sort \
diff --git a/include/linux/config.h b/include/linux/config.h
index 9d1c14f7ad6d..a91f5e55b525 100644
--- a/include/linux/config.h
+++ b/include/linux/config.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_CONFIG_H
 #define _LINUX_CONFIG_H
-
+/* This file is no longer in use and kept only for backward compatibility.
+ * autoconf.h is now included via -imacros on the commandline
+ */
 #include <linux/autoconf.h>
 
 #endif