diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index dff9220135c4..461998a2ad2b 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -165,16 +165,10 @@ ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS
 # o modpost will extract versions from that file and create *.c files that will
 #   be compiled and linked to the kernel and/or modules.
 
-genksyms_format := __crc_\(.*\) = \(.*\);
-
 gen_symversions =								\
 	if $(NM) $@ 2>/dev/null | grep -q __ksymtab; then			\
 		$(call cmd_gensymtypes_$(1),$(KBUILD_SYMTYPES),$(@:.o=.symtypes)) \
-		    > $@.symversions;						\
-		sed -n 's/$(genksyms_format)/$(pound)SYMVER \1 \2/p' $@.symversions \
 			>> $(dot-target).cmd;					\
-	else									\
-		rm -f $@.symversions;						\
 	fi
 
 cmd_gen_symversions_c =	$(call gen_symversions,c)
diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
index 67b23cc0df0f..f5dfdb9d80e9 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ void export_symbol(const char *name)
 		if (flag_dump_defs)
 			fputs(">\n", debugfile);
 
-		printf("__crc_%s = 0x%08lx;\n", name, crc);
+		printf("#SYMVER %s 0x%08lx\n", name, crc);
 	}
 }