diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/include/linux/kernel.h b/tools/bootconfig/include/linux/kernel.h
index 2d93320aa374..c4854b8e7023 100644
--- a/tools/bootconfig/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/tools/bootconfig/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
-#include <linux/printk.h>
-
 typedef unsigned short u16;
 typedef unsigned int   u32;
 
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/include/linux/printk.h b/tools/bootconfig/include/linux/printk.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 036e667596eb..000000000000
--- a/tools/bootconfig/include/linux/printk.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-#ifndef _SKC_LINUX_PRINTK_H
-#define _SKC_LINUX_PRINTK_H
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-#define printk(fmt, ...) printf(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
-
-#define pr_err printk
-#define pr_warn	printk
-#define pr_info	printk
-#define pr_debug printk
-
-#endif
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/main.c b/tools/bootconfig/main.c
index 4252c23bd35d..adc6c6e73fa9 100644
--- a/tools/bootconfig/main.c
+++ b/tools/bootconfig/main.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/bootconfig.h>
 
+#define pr_err(fmt, ...) fprintf(stderr, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
 static int xbc_show_value(struct xbc_node *node, bool semicolon)
 {
 	const char *val, *eol;