diff --git a/arch/s390/Makefile b/arch/s390/Makefile
index e0e3a465bbfd..8dfa2cf1f05c 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/Makefile
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ all: bzImage
 #KBUILD_IMAGE is necessary for packaging targets like rpm-pkg, deb-pkg...
 KBUILD_IMAGE	:= $(boot)/bzImage
 
-install: vmlinux
+install:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $@
 
 bzImage: vmlinux
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/Makefile b/arch/s390/boot/Makefile
index e2c47d3a1c89..0ff9261c915e 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/Makefile
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux: $(obj)/startup.a FORCE
 $(obj)/startup.a: $(OBJECTS) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ar)
 
-install: $(CONFIGURE) $(obj)/bzImage
+install:
 	sh -x  $(srctree)/$(obj)/install.sh $(KERNELRELEASE) $(obj)/bzImage \
 	      System.map "$(INSTALL_PATH)"