diff --git a/applets/Kbuild b/applets/Kbuild
index 9bb4b6292..c95c09d97 100644
--- a/applets/Kbuild
+++ b/applets/Kbuild
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ obj-y	+= busybox.o
 
 applets/applets.o: include/usage_compressed.h
 
-include/usage_compressed.h: $(srctree)/include/usage.h
-	@$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts
+hostprogs-y += usage
+always := $(hostprogs-y)
+HOSTCFLAGS_usage.o = -I$(srctree)/include
+
+include/usage_compressed.h: $(srctree)/include/usage.h applets/usage
 	@echo '  GEN     include/usage_compressed.h'
-	@$(srctree)/scripts/usage_compressed include/usage_compressed.h scripts
+	@$(srctree)/applets/usage_compressed include/usage_compressed.h applets
diff --git a/scripts/usage.c b/applets/usage.c
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/usage.c
rename to applets/usage.c
diff --git a/scripts/usage_compressed b/applets/usage_compressed
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/usage_compressed
rename to applets/usage_compressed
diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild b/scripts/Kbuild
index 80836cfb5..83b423253 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild
@@ -3,11 +3,5 @@
 # the kernel for the build process.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-hostprogs-y += usage
-
-always := $(hostprogs-y)
-
 # Let clean descend into subdirs
 subdir- += basic kconfig
-
-HOSTCFLAGS_usage.o = -I$(srctree)/include