diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/cml1.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/cml1.bbclass
index 456305a315..5519fb61b3 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/cml1.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/cml1.bbclass
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ CROSS_CURSES_LIB = "-lncurses -ltinfo"
 CROSS_CURSES_INC = '-DCURSES_LOC="<curses.h>"'
 TERMINFO = "${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/terminfo"
 
-KCONFIG_CONFIG_COMMAND ??= "menuconfig"
+KCONFIG_CONFIG_COMMAND ??= "menuconfig ${EXTRA_OEMAKE}"
 KCONFIG_CONFIG_ENABLE_MENUCONFIG ??= "true"
 KCONFIG_CONFIG_ROOTDIR ??= "${B}"
 python do_menuconfig() {
diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
index d557e98d65..39e198864e 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
@@ -697,9 +697,6 @@ addtask savedefconfig after do_configure
 
 inherit cml1 pkgconfig
 
-# Need LD, HOSTLDFLAGS and more for config operations
-KCONFIG_CONFIG_COMMAND:append = " ${EXTRA_OEMAKE}"
-
 EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_compile do_transform_kernel do_transform_bundled_initramfs do_install do_configure
 
 # kernel-base becomes kernel-${KERNEL_VERSION}