diff --git a/scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py b/scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py
index c57c990c3244..217d21abc86e 100755
--- a/scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py
+++ b/scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ REGEX_SOURCE_SYMBOL = re.compile(SOURCE_SYMBOL)
 REGEX_KCONFIG_DEF = re.compile(DEF)
 REGEX_KCONFIG_EXPR = re.compile(EXPR)
 REGEX_KCONFIG_STMT = re.compile(STMT)
-REGEX_KCONFIG_HELP = re.compile(r"^\s+help\s*$")
 REGEX_FILTER_SYMBOLS = re.compile(r"[A-Za-z0-9]$")
 REGEX_NUMERIC = re.compile(r"0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]+|[0-9]+")
 REGEX_QUOTES = re.compile("(\"(.*?)\")")
@@ -435,7 +434,6 @@ def parse_kconfig_file(kfile):
     lines = []
     defined = []
     references = []
-    skip = False
 
     if not os.path.exists(kfile):
         return defined, references
@@ -451,12 +449,6 @@ def parse_kconfig_file(kfile):
         if REGEX_KCONFIG_DEF.match(line):
             symbol_def = REGEX_KCONFIG_DEF.findall(line)
             defined.append(symbol_def[0])
-            skip = False
-        elif REGEX_KCONFIG_HELP.match(line):
-            skip = True
-        elif skip:
-            # ignore content of help messages
-            pass
         elif REGEX_KCONFIG_STMT.match(line):
             line = REGEX_QUOTES.sub("", line)
             symbols = get_symbols_in_line(line)