diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e43244263306..9eea3c0424db 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,11 +10,9 @@ NAME = Shuffling Zombie Juror
 # Comments in this file are targeted only to the developer, do not
 # expect to learn how to build the kernel reading this file.
 
-# Do not:
-# o  use make's built-in rules and variables
-#    (this increases performance and avoids hard-to-debug behaviour);
-# o  print "Entering directory ...";
-MAKEFLAGS += -rR --no-print-directory
+# Do not use make's built-in rules and variables
+# (this increases performance and avoids hard-to-debug behaviour);
+MAKEFLAGS += -rR
 
 # Avoid funny character set dependencies
 unexport LC_ALL
@@ -172,13 +170,7 @@ PHONY += $(MAKECMDGOALS) sub-make
 $(filter-out _all sub-make $(CURDIR)/Makefile, $(MAKECMDGOALS)) _all: sub-make
 	@:
 
-# Fake the "Entering directory" message once, so that IDEs/editors are
-# able to understand relative filenames.
-       echodir := @echo
- quiet_echodir := @echo
-silent_echodir := @:
 sub-make: FORCE
-	$($(quiet)echodir) "make[1]: Entering directory \`$(KBUILD_OUTPUT)'"
 	$(if $(KBUILD_VERBOSE:1=),@)$(MAKE) -C $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) \
 	KBUILD_SRC=$(CURDIR) \
 	KBUILD_EXTMOD="$(KBUILD_EXTMOD)" -f $(CURDIR)/Makefile \
@@ -192,6 +184,11 @@ endif # ifeq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
 # We process the rest of the Makefile if this is the final invocation of make
 ifeq ($(skip-makefile),)
 
+# Do not print "Entering directory ...",
+# but we want to display it when entering to the output directory
+# so that IDEs/editors are able to understand relative filenames.
+MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
+
 # If building an external module we do not care about the all: rule
 # but instead _all depend on modules
 PHONY += all