diff --git a/tools/arch/arm64/tools/Makefile b/tools/arch/arm64/tools/Makefile
index 7b42feedf647190ad498de0937e8fb557e40f39c..de4f1b66ef0148b7bfd0fd16655ad854c7542240 100644
--- a/tools/arch/arm64/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/arch/arm64/tools/Makefile
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ AWK	?= awk
 MKDIR	?= mkdir
 RM	?= rm
 
-ifeq ($(V),1)
-Q =
-else
-Q = @
-endif
-
 arm64_tools_dir = $(top_srcdir)/arch/arm64/tools
 arm64_sysreg_tbl = $(arm64_tools_dir)/sysreg
 arm64_gen_sysreg = $(arm64_tools_dir)/gen-sysreg.awk
diff --git a/tools/bpf/Makefile b/tools/bpf/Makefile
index 243b79f2b451e52ca196f79dc46befd1b3dab458..062bbd6cd048e9e42f9bc8f9972ec96594f3dbd2 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/Makefile
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(CURDIR)))
 srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(V),1)
-  Q =
-else
-  Q = @
-endif
-
 FEATURE_USER = .bpf
 FEATURE_TESTS = libbfd disassembler-four-args disassembler-init-styled
 FEATURE_DISPLAY = libbfd
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/Makefile b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/Makefile
index 4315652678b9f2e27e48b7815f3b9ddc70a57165..bf843f328812e10dd65a73f355f74e6825ad95b9 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@ INSTALL ?= install
 RM ?= rm -f
 RMDIR ?= rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty
 
-ifeq ($(V),1)
-  Q =
-else
-  Q = @
-endif
-
 prefix ?= /usr/local
 mandir ?= $(prefix)/man
 man8dir = $(mandir)/man8
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
index dd9f3ec842017f1dd24054bf3a0986d546811dc4..6ea4823b770cbbe7fd9eb7da79956cc1dae1f204 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
 srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(V),1)
-  Q =
-else
-  Q = @
-endif
-
 BPF_DIR = $(srctree)/tools/lib/bpf
 
 ifneq ($(OUTPUT),)
diff --git a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile
index 4b8079f294f65b284481e9a2bf6ff52594a4669a..afbddea3a39c64ffb2efc874a3637b6401791c5b 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ include ../../scripts/Makefile.arch
 srctree := $(abspath $(CURDIR)/../../../)
 
 ifeq ($(V),1)
-  Q =
   msg =
 else
-  Q = @
   ifeq ($(silent),1)
     msg =
   else
diff --git a/tools/bpf/runqslower/Makefile b/tools/bpf/runqslower/Makefile
index c4f1f1735af659c2e660a322dbf6912d9a5724bc..e49203ebd48c18607a6136a9e805ccf16ee960d3 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/runqslower/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/runqslower/Makefile
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ VMLINUX_BTF_PATHS := $(if $(O),$(O)/vmlinux)		\
 VMLINUX_BTF_PATH := $(or $(VMLINUX_BTF),$(firstword			       \
 					  $(wildcard $(VMLINUX_BTF_PATHS))))
 
-ifeq ($(V),1)
-Q =
-else
-Q = @
+ifneq ($(V),1)
 MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
 submake_extras := feature_display=0
 endif
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile b/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
index 857a5f7b413d6dc4cbe7bc4167496674dd08d875..168140f8e6461bd06db40e23d21a3fb8847ccbf4 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
@@ -53,13 +53,6 @@ include $(srctree)/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
 
 # copy a bit from Linux kbuild
 
-ifeq ("$(origin V)", "command line")
-  VERBOSE = $(V)
-endif
-ifndef VERBOSE
-  VERBOSE = 0
-endif
-
 INCLUDES = -I$(or $(OUTPUT),.) \
 	   -I$(srctree)/tools/include -I$(srctree)/tools/include/uapi \
 	   -I$(srctree)/tools/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include
@@ -96,12 +89,6 @@ override CFLAGS += $(CLANG_CROSS_FLAGS)
 # flags specific for shared library
 SHLIB_FLAGS := -DSHARED -fPIC
 
-ifeq ($(VERBOSE),1)
-  Q =
-else
-  Q = @
-endif
-
 # Disable command line variables (CFLAGS) override from top
 # level Makefile (perf), otherwise build Makefile will get
 # the same command line setup.
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Makefile b/tools/lib/perf/Makefile
index 3a9b2140aa048ea919c69ed2240bf0ea444dbf21..e9a7ac2c062e2b398c2f22af41907b62815ca07e 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/Makefile
@@ -39,19 +39,6 @@ libdir = $(prefix)/$(libdir_relative)
 libdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(libdir))
 libdir_relative_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(libdir_relative))
 
-ifeq ("$(origin V)", "command line")
-  VERBOSE = $(V)
-endif
-ifndef VERBOSE
-  VERBOSE = 0
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(VERBOSE),1)
-  Q =
-else
-  Q = @
-endif
-
 TEST_ARGS := $(if $(V),-v)
 
 # Set compile option CFLAGS
diff --git a/tools/lib/thermal/Makefile b/tools/lib/thermal/Makefile
index 8890fd57b110ccc1a837d37624a5dead00f18656..a1f5e388644d31d36f973d3ddce48d036ee0a083 100644
--- a/tools/lib/thermal/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/thermal/Makefile
@@ -39,19 +39,6 @@ libdir = $(prefix)/$(libdir_relative)
 libdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(libdir))
 libdir_relative_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(libdir_relative))
 
-ifeq ("$(origin V)", "command line")
-  VERBOSE = $(V)
-endif
-ifndef VERBOSE
-  VERBOSE = 0
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(VERBOSE),1)
-  Q =
-else
-  Q = @
-endif
-
 # Set compile option CFLAGS
 ifdef EXTRA_CFLAGS
   CFLAGS := $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/Makefile b/tools/objtool/Makefile
index f56e2772753414ff8d3462bdebbc8e95e7667fcd..7a65948892e569cbe1d6e5a78db68bb35102cd26 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/objtool/Makefile
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ HOST_OVERRIDES := CC="$(HOSTCC)" LD="$(HOSTLD)" AR="$(HOSTAR)"
 AWK = awk
 MKDIR = mkdir
 
-ifeq ($(V),1)
-  Q =
-else
-  Q = @
-endif
-
 BUILD_ORC := n
 
 ifeq ($(SRCARCH),x86)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile.docs b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile.docs
index eb6a4fea8c794d8354363ac8daa0baac3e3bd060..f7f9e7088bb38c7507282990fb62921ca7a636d2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile.docs
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile.docs
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ INSTALL ?= install
 RM ?= rm -f
 RMDIR ?= rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty
 
-ifeq ($(V),1)
-  Q =
-else
-  Q = @
-endif
-
 prefix ?= /usr/local
 mandir ?= $(prefix)/man
 man2dir = $(mandir)/man2
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/hid/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/hid/Makefile
index 0336353bd15f0d56dbed6c8fa02f53c234f949e1..2839d2612ce3a70f4332f8e886586e9cca6f03cb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/hid/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/hid/Makefile
@@ -43,10 +43,8 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS = hid_bpf hidraw
 # $3 - target (assumed to be file); only file name will be emitted;
 # $4 - optional extra arg, emitted as-is, if provided.
 ifeq ($(V),1)
-Q =
 msg =
 else
-Q = @
 msg = @printf '  %-8s%s %s%s\n' "$(1)" "$(if $(2), [$(2)])" "$(notdir $(3))" "$(if $(4), $(4))";
 MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
 submake_extras := feature_display=0
diff --git a/tools/thermal/lib/Makefile b/tools/thermal/lib/Makefile
index f2552f73a64c7eb1be24c27b3a1414617391315b..056d212f25cf51cd8c02260fbe2ef28dda5e4acb 100644
--- a/tools/thermal/lib/Makefile
+++ b/tools/thermal/lib/Makefile
@@ -39,19 +39,6 @@ libdir = $(prefix)/$(libdir_relative)
 libdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(libdir))
 libdir_relative_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(libdir_relative))
 
-ifeq ("$(origin V)", "command line")
-  VERBOSE = $(V)
-endif
-ifndef VERBOSE
-  VERBOSE = 0
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(VERBOSE),1)
-  Q =
-else
-  Q = @
-endif
-
 # Set compile option CFLAGS
 ifdef EXTRA_CFLAGS
   CFLAGS := $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile b/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile
index 6518b03e05c71b4fa84498f9628adf81a38c9f56..257a56b1899f23837de533353e9c2cebdb6035bd 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile
+++ b/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ FEATURE_TESTS	+= libtracefs
 FEATURE_DISPLAY	:= libtraceevent
 FEATURE_DISPLAY	+= libtracefs
 
-ifeq ($(V),1)
-  Q 		=
-else
-  Q 		= @
-endif
-
 all: $(LATENCY-COLLECTOR)
 
 include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
index 8b5101457c70b48e9c720f1ba53293f1307c15a2..0b61208db604ec0754024c3007db6b2fe74a613c 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ FEATURE_DISPLAY	:= libtraceevent
 FEATURE_DISPLAY	+= libtracefs
 FEATURE_DISPLAY	+= libcpupower
 
-ifeq ($(V),1)
-  Q		=
-else
-  Q		= @
-endif
-
 all: $(RTLA)
 
 include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
diff --git a/tools/verification/rv/Makefile b/tools/verification/rv/Makefile
index 411d62b3d8eb93abf85526ad33cafd783df86bc1..5b898360ba4818b12e8a16c27bd88c75d0076fb9 100644
--- a/tools/verification/rv/Makefile
+++ b/tools/verification/rv/Makefile
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ FEATURE_TESTS	+= libtracefs
 FEATURE_DISPLAY	:= libtraceevent
 FEATURE_DISPLAY	+= libtracefs
 
-ifeq ($(V),1)
-  Q		=
-else
-  Q		= @
-endif
-
 all: $(RV)
 
 include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
