diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6e6306af275a..e7b62fde2404 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ universe_prologue:
 .for mach in ${target:C/^.*://}
 KERNCONFS!=	cd ${.CURDIR}/sys/${mach}/conf && \
 		find [A-Z]*[A-Z] -type f -maxdepth 0 \
-		! -name DEFAULTS ! -name NOTES
+		! -name DEFAULTS ! -name LINT
 KERNCONFS:=	${KERNCONFS:S/^NOTES$/LINT/}
 universe: universe_${mach}
 .ORDER: universe_prologue universe_${mach} universe_epilogue