diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 58a8be1b0dff..bab0afec6954 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1870,7 +1870,8 @@ ifdef single-build
 
 # .ko is special because modpost is needed
 single-ko := $(sort $(filter %.ko, $(MAKECMDGOALS)))
-single-no-ko := $(sort $(patsubst %.ko,%.mod, $(MAKECMDGOALS)))
+single-no-ko := $(filter-out $(single-ko), $(MAKECMDGOALS)) \
+		$(foreach x, o mod, $(patsubst %.ko, %.$x, $(single-ko)))
 
 $(single-ko): single_modpost
 	@:
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 5587f03d53e4..7a08f155b36d 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ ifdef need-builtin
 targets-for-builtin += $(obj)/built-in.a
 endif
 
-targets-for-modules := $(foreach x, mod $(if $(CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS), usyms), \
+targets-for-modules := $(foreach x, o mod $(if $(CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS), usyms), \
 				$(patsubst %.o, %.$x, $(filter %.o, $(obj-m))))
 
 ifdef CONFIG_LTO_CLANG
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ endif
 cmd_mod = echo $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(call real-search, $*.o, .o, -objs -y -m)) | \
 	$(AWK) -v RS='( |\n)' '!x[$$0]++' > $@
 
-$(obj)/%.mod: $(obj)/%$(mod-prelink-ext).o FORCE
+$(obj)/%.mod: FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,mod)
 
 # List module undefined symbols
@@ -476,7 +476,6 @@ $(multi-obj-m): FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,link_multi-m)
 $(call multi_depend, $(multi-obj-m), .o, -objs -y -m)
 
-targets += $(multi-obj-m)
 targets := $(filter-out $(PHONY), $(targets))
 
 # Add intermediate targets: