5 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 776842b7e6a3..be38198d98b2 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ existing-targets := $(wildcard $(sort $(targets)))
 
 -include $(foreach f,$(existing-targets),$(dir $(f)).$(notdir $(f)).cmd)
 
-ifneq ($(srctree),.)
+ifdef building_out_of_srctree
 # Create directories for object files if they do not exist
 obj-dirs := $(sort $(obj) $(patsubst %/,%, $(dir $(targets))))
 # If targets exist, their directories apparently exist. Skip mkdir.
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.host b/scripts/Makefile.host
index b6a54bdf0965..fcf0213e6ac8 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.host
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.host
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ _hostcxx_flags = $(KBUILD_HOSTCXXFLAGS) $(HOST_EXTRACXXFLAGS) \
 
 # $(objtree)/$(obj) for including generated headers from checkin source files
 ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
-ifneq ($(srctree),.)
+ifdef building_out_of_srctree
 _hostc_flags   += -I $(objtree)/$(obj)
 _hostcxx_flags += -I $(objtree)/$(obj)
 endif
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 281864fcf0fe..8f2eb799a9b2 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ endif
 # $(srctree)/$(src) for including checkin headers from generated source files
 # $(objtree)/$(obj) for including generated headers from checkin source files
 ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
-ifneq ($(srctree),.)
+ifdef building_out_of_srctree
 _c_flags   += -I $(srctree)/$(src) -I $(objtree)/$(obj)
 _a_flags   += -I $(srctree)/$(src) -I $(objtree)/$(obj)
 _cpp_flags += -I $(srctree)/$(src) -I $(objtree)/$(obj)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
index ea90a90b41a0..50a9990760f3 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ include include/config/tristate.conf
 
 include scripts/Kbuild.include
 
-ifneq ($(srctree),.)
+ifdef building_out_of_srctree
 # Create output directory if not already present
 _dummy := $(shell [ -d $(obj) ] || mkdir -p $(obj))
 endif
diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/Makefile b/scripts/gdb/linux/Makefile
index 9fd3d8ed731a..124755087510 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
-ifneq ($(srctree),.)
+ifdef building_out_of_srctree
 
 symlinks := $(patsubst $(srctree)/$(src)/%,%,$(wildcard $(srctree)/$(src)/*.py))