diff --git a/sys/amd64/conf/Makefile b/sys/amd64/conf/Makefile
index 1047f1f70d28..72308f94dd28 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/conf/Makefile
+++ b/sys/amd64/conf/Makefile
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ all:
 clean:
 	rm -f LINT
 
-LINT: ../../conf/NOTES NOTES makeLINT.sed
-	cat ../../conf/NOTES NOTES | sed -E -n -f makeLINT.sed > LINT
+LINT: ../../conf/NOTES NOTES ../../conf/makeLINT.sed
+	cat ../../conf/NOTES NOTES | sed -E -n -f ../../conf/makeLINT.sed > LINT
diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/Makefile b/sys/i386/conf/Makefile
index 1047f1f70d28..72308f94dd28 100644
--- a/sys/i386/conf/Makefile
+++ b/sys/i386/conf/Makefile
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ all:
 clean:
 	rm -f LINT
 
-LINT: ../../conf/NOTES NOTES makeLINT.sed
-	cat ../../conf/NOTES NOTES | sed -E -n -f makeLINT.sed > LINT
+LINT: ../../conf/NOTES NOTES ../../conf/makeLINT.sed
+	cat ../../conf/NOTES NOTES | sed -E -n -f ../../conf/makeLINT.sed > LINT
diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/makeLINT.sed b/sys/i386/conf/makeLINT.sed
deleted file mode 100644
index 757dcab8d7ac..000000000000
--- a/sys/i386/conf/makeLINT.sed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/sed -E -n -f
-# $FreeBSD$
-
-/^(machine|ident|device|makeoptions|options|profile|cpu|option|maxusers)[[:space:]]/ {
-    s/[[:space:]]*#.*$//
-    p
-}