headers_install: include/linux/version.h scripts_basic FORCE
        $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts scripts/unifdef
        $(Q)rm -rf $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH)/include
-       $(Q)$(MAKE) -rR -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.headersinst obj=include
+       $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.headersinst obj=include
 
 PHONY += headers_check
 headers_check: headers_install
-       $(Q)$(MAKE) -rR -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.headersinst obj=include HDRCHECK=1
+       $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.headersinst obj=include HDRCHECK=1
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Modules
 PHONY += modules
 modules: $(vmlinux-dirs) $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),vmlinux)
        @echo '  Building modules, stage 2.';
-       $(Q)$(MAKE) -rR -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+       $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost
 
 
 # Target to prepare building external modules
                rm -f $(MODLIB)/build ; \
                ln -s $(objtree) $(MODLIB)/build ; \
        fi
-       $(Q)$(MAKE) -rR -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modinst
+       $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modinst
 
 # If System.map exists, run depmod.  This deliberately does not have a
 # dependency on System.map since that would run the dependency tree on
 
 modules: $(module-dirs)
        @echo '  Building modules, stage 2.';
-       $(Q)$(MAKE) -rR -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+       $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost
 
 PHONY += modules_install
 modules_install: _emodinst_ _emodinst_post
 PHONY += _emodinst_
 _emodinst_:
        $(Q)mkdir -p $(MODLIB)/$(install-dir)
-       $(Q)$(MAKE) -rR -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modinst
+       $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modinst
 
 # Run depmod only is we have System.map and depmod is executable
 quiet_cmd_depmod = DEPMOD  $(KERNELRELEASE)
 %.ko: prepare scripts FORCE
        $(Q)$(MAKE) KBUILD_MODULES=$(if $(CONFIG_MODULES),1)   \
        $(build)=$(build-dir) $(@:.ko=.o)
-       $(Q)$(MAKE) -rR -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+       $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost
 
 # FIXME Should go into a make.lib or something 
 # ===========================================================================