diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index d7bd353a8e50..b7bdd9690319 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -964,8 +964,6 @@ static int conf_write_dep(const char *name)
 	struct file *file;
 	FILE *out;
 
-	if (!name)
-		name = ".kconfig.d";
 	out = fopen("..config.tmp", "w");
 	if (!out)
 		return 1;