diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h b/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
index 4bc68f20a73c4ab8ac9364133ee57e5cd5655375..96521cb087ec388587d4737c375c42862f4b5a24 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 #ifndef KBUILD_NO_NLS
 # include <libintl.h>
 #else
-# define gettext(Msgid) ((const char *) (Msgid))
-# define textdomain(Domainname) ((const char *) (Domainname))
-# define bindtextdomain(Domainname, Dirname) ((const char *) (Dirname))
+static inline const char *gettext(const char *txt) { return txt; }
+static inline void textdomain(const char *domainname) {}
+static inline void bindtextdomain(const char *name, const char *dir) {}
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
index 734cf4f3131e69b36c26ee23ee36dfe0a59496ff..6841e95c0989bcd2007b46ad4178e8ad28dd1bbf 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ static void conf_string(struct menu *menu)
 
 	while (1) {
 		int res;
-		char *heading;
+		const char *heading;
 
 		switch (sym_get_type(menu->sym)) {
 		case S_INT:
@@ -925,3 +925,4 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+