diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index dc59769564c6..df6e9bb2559a 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -7667,9 +7667,11 @@ L:	linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	Documentation/kbuild/
 F:	Makefile
-F:	scripts/Makefile.*
+F:	scripts/Kbuild*
+F:	scripts/Makefile*
 F:	scripts/basic/
 F:	scripts/mk*
+F:	scripts/mod/
 F:	scripts/package/
 
 KERNEL JANITORS
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins b/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
index b2a95af7df18..7f5c86246138 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS
   endif
 
   ifdef CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_SANCOV
-    ifeq ($(CFLAGS_KCOV),)
+    ifeq ($(strip $(CFLAGS_KCOV)),)
       # It is needed because of the gcc-plugin.sh and gcc version checks.
       gcc-plugin-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_SANCOV)           += sancov_plugin.so
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 07d07409f16f..5af34a2b0cd9 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ $(obj)/%.tab.c: $(src)/%.y FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,bison)
 
 quiet_cmd_bison_h = YACC    $@
-      cmd_bison_h = bison -o/dev/null --defines=$@ -t -l $<
+      cmd_bison_h = $(YACC) -o/dev/null --defines=$@ -t -l $<
 
 $(obj)/%.tab.h: $(src)/%.y FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,bison_h)
diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/Makefile b/scripts/genksyms/Makefile
index ef0287e42957..03b7ce97de14 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/Makefile
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ genksyms-objs	:= genksyms.o parse.tab.o lex.lex.o
 # so that 'bison: not found' will be displayed if it is missing.
 ifeq ($(findstring 1,$(KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS)),)
 
-quiet_cmd_bison_no_warn = $(quet_cmd_bison)
+quiet_cmd_bison_no_warn = $(quiet_cmd_bison)
       cmd_bison_no_warn = $(YACC) --version >/dev/null; \
 			  $(cmd_bison) 2>/dev/null
 
 $(obj)/parse.tab.c: $(src)/parse.y FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,bison_no_warn)
 
-quiet_cmd_bison_h_no_warn = $(quet_cmd_bison_h)
+quiet_cmd_bison_h_no_warn = $(quiet_cmd_bison_h)
       cmd_bison_h_no_warn = $(YACC) --version >/dev/null; \
 			    $(cmd_bison_h) 2>/dev/null
 
diff --git a/scripts/mod/sumversion.c b/scripts/mod/sumversion.c
index 944418da9fe3..0f6dcb4011a8 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/sumversion.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/sumversion.c
@@ -330,14 +330,7 @@ static int parse_source_files(const char *objfile, struct md4_ctx *md)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	/* There will be a line like so:
-		deps_drivers/net/dummy.o := \
-		  drivers/net/dummy.c \
-		    $(wildcard include/config/net/fastroute.h) \
-		  include/linux/module.h \
-
-	   Sum all files in the same dir or subdirs.
-	*/
+	/* Sum all files in the same dir or subdirs. */
 	while ((line = get_next_line(&pos, file, flen)) != NULL) {
 		char* p = line;