diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modinst b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
index 2e2e31696fd6..ff9b09e4cfca 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ suffix-$(CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ)	:= .xz
 suffix-$(CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_ZSTD)	:= .zst
 
 modules := $(patsubst $(extmod_prefix)%, $(dst)/%$(suffix-y), $(modules))
-ifneq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
-extmod_suffix := $(subst /,_,$(subst .,_,$(subst -,_,$(KBUILD_EXTMOD))))
-modules += $(dst)/modules.order.$(extmod_suffix)
-endif
 
 __modinst: $(modules)
 	@:
@@ -86,12 +82,6 @@ $(dst)/%.ko: $(extmod_prefix)%.ko FORCE
 	$(call cmd,strip)
 	$(call cmd,sign)
 
-ifneq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
-$(dst)/modules.order.$(extmod_suffix): $(MODORDER) FORCE
-	$(call cmd,install)
-	@sed -i "s:^$(KBUILD_EXTMOD):$(INSTALL_MOD_DIR):g" $@
-endif
-
 else
 
 $(dst)/%.ko: FORCE