diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 14d874c85f0c..2cf8d6e48e84 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ endif
 $(sort $(KBUILD_LDS) $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_OBJS) $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS)): . ;
 
 ifeq ($(origin KERNELRELEASE),file)
-filechk_kernel.release = $(srctree)/scripts/setlocalversion $(srctree) $(BRANCH) $(KMI_GENERATION)
+filechk_kernel.release = $(srctree)/scripts/setlocalversion $(srctree)
 else
 filechk_kernel.release = echo $(KERNELRELEASE)
 endif
diff --git a/scripts/setlocalversion b/scripts/setlocalversion
index e5b8b0e617ba..3d3babac8298 100755
--- a/scripts/setlocalversion
+++ b/scripts/setlocalversion
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 
 usage() {
-	echo "Usage: $0 [--no-local] [srctree] [branch] [kmi-generation]" >&2
+	echo "Usage: $0 [--no-local] [srctree]" >&2
 	exit 1
 }
 
@@ -22,28 +22,10 @@ if test "$1" = "--no-local"; then
 fi
 
 srctree=.
-android_release=
-kmi_generation=
 if test $# -gt 0; then
 	srctree=$1
 	shift
 fi
-if test $# -gt 0; then
-	# Extract the Android release version. If there is no match, then return 255
-	# and clear the var $android_release
-	android_release=`echo "$1" | sed -e '/android[0-9]\{2,\}/!{q255}; \
-		s/^\(android[0-9]\{2,\}\)-.*/\1/'`
-	if test $? -ne 0; then
-		android_release=
-	fi
-	shift
-
-	if test $# -gt 0; then
-		kmi_generation=$1
-		[ $(expr $kmi_generation : '^[0-9]\+$') -eq 0 ] && usage
-		shift
-	fi
-fi
 if test $# -gt 0 -o ! -d "$srctree"; then
 	usage
 fi
@@ -75,12 +57,6 @@ scm_version()
 		return
 	fi
 
-	if [ -n "$android_release" ] && [ -n "$kmi_generation" ]; then
-		printf '%s' "-$android_release-$kmi_generation"
-	elif [ -n "$android_release" ]; then
-		printf '%s' "-$android_release"
-	fi
-
 	# If a localversion*' file and the corresponding annotated tag exist,
 	# use it. This is the case in linux-next.
 	tag=${file_localversion#-}
@@ -191,10 +167,4 @@ elif [ "${LOCALVERSION+set}" != "set" ]; then
 	scm_version="$(scm_version --short)"
 fi
 
-# ANDROID: add the abXXX number if BUILD_NUMBER is set
-build_num=""
-if test -n "${BUILD_NUMBER}"; then
-	build_num="-ab${BUILD_NUMBER}"
-fi
-
-echo "${KERNELVERSION}${file_localversion}${config_localversion}${LOCALVERSION}${scm_version}${build_num}"
+echo "${KERNELVERSION}${file_localversion}${config_localversion}${LOCALVERSION}${scm_version}"