diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 79601320ac3e..2dac8010c142 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -346,7 +346,8 @@ AFLAGS_KERNEL	=
 # Use LINUXINCLUDE when you must reference the include/ directory.
 # Needed to be compatible with the O= option
 LINUXINCLUDE    := -Iinclude \
-                   $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),-Iinclude2 -I$(srctree)/include)
+                   $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),-Iinclude2 -I$(srctree)/include) \
+		   -imacros include/linux/autoconf.h
 
 CPPFLAGS        := -D__KERNEL__ $(LINUXINCLUDE)
 
@@ -1249,11 +1250,6 @@ tags: FORCE
 # Scripts to check various things for consistency
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-configcheck:
-	find * $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
-		-name '*.[hcS]' -type f -print | sort \
-		| xargs $(PERL) -w scripts/checkconfig.pl
-
 includecheck:
 	find * $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
 		-name '*.[hcS]' -type f -print | sort \
diff --git a/include/linux/config.h b/include/linux/config.h
index 9d1c14f7ad6d..a91f5e55b525 100644
--- a/include/linux/config.h
+++ b/include/linux/config.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_CONFIG_H
 #define _LINUX_CONFIG_H
-
+/* This file is no longer in use and kept only for backward compatibility.
+ * autoconf.h is now included via -imacros on the commandline
+ */
 #include <linux/autoconf.h>
 
 #endif
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 0dd96919de3e..455aeabd95dd 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ endif
 HOSTCFLAGS_lex.zconf.o	:= -I$(src)
 HOSTCFLAGS_zconf.tab.o	:= -I$(src)
 
-HOSTLOADLIBES_qconf	= -L$(QTLIBPATH) -Wl,-rpath,$(QTLIBPATH) -l$(QTLIB) -ldl
+HOSTLOADLIBES_qconf	= -L$(QTLIBPATH) -Wl,-rpath,$(QTLIBPATH) -l$(LIBS_QT) -ldl
 HOSTCXXFLAGS_qconf.o	= -I$(QTDIR)/include -D LKC_DIRECT_LINK
 
 HOSTLOADLIBES_gconf	= `pkg-config gtk+-2.0 gmodule-2.0 libglade-2.0 --libs`
@@ -163,11 +163,16 @@ $(obj)/.tmp_qtcheck:
 	  false; \
 	fi; \
 	LIBPATH=$$DIR/lib; LIB=qt; \
-	$(HOSTCXX) -print-multi-os-directory > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
-	  LIBPATH=$$DIR/lib/$$($(HOSTCXX) -print-multi-os-directory); \
-	if [ -f $$LIBPATH/libqt-mt.so ]; then LIB=qt-mt; fi; \
+	if [ -f $$QTLIB/libqt-mt.so ] ; then \
+		LIB=qt-mt; \
+		LIBPATH=$$QTLIB; \
+	else \
+		$(HOSTCXX) -print-multi-os-directory > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
+		LIBPATH=$$DIR/lib/$$($(HOSTCXX) -print-multi-os-directory); \
+		if [ -f $$LIBPATH/libqt-mt.so ]; then LIB=qt-mt; fi; \
+	fi; \
 	echo "QTDIR=$$DIR" > $@; echo "QTLIBPATH=$$LIBPATH" >> $@; \
-	echo "QTLIB=$$LIB" >> $@; \
+	echo "LIBS_QT=$$LIB" >> $@; \
 	if [ ! -x $$DIR/bin/moc -a -x /usr/bin/moc ]; then \
 	  echo "*"; \
 	  echo "* Unable to find $$DIR/bin/moc, using /usr/bin/moc instead."; \