diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e074c1cc579423..c06b4c9aeb7272 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ Module.symvers
 #
 include/config
 include/linux/autoconf.h
-include/linux/compile.h
 include/linux/version.h
 include/linux/utsrelease.h
 include/generated
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/version.c b/arch/x86/boot/version.c
index 2723d9b5ce432b..4d88763e39cb38 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/version.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/version.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #include "boot.h"
 #include <linux/utsrelease.h>
-#include <linux/compile.h>
+#include <generated/compile.h>
 
 const char kernel_version[] =
 	UTS_RELEASE " (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@" LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ") "
diff --git a/init/Makefile b/init/Makefile
index 4a243df426f70b..0bf677aa0872f8 100644
--- a/init/Makefile
+++ b/init/Makefile
@@ -15,12 +15,8 @@ mounts-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM)	+= do_mounts_rd.o
 mounts-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD)	+= do_mounts_initrd.o
 mounts-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD)	+= do_mounts_md.o
 
-# files to be removed upon make clean
-clean-files := ../include/linux/compile.h
-
 # dependencies on generated files need to be listed explicitly
-
-$(obj)/version.o: include/linux/compile.h
+$(obj)/version.o: include/generated/compile.h
 
 # compile.h changes depending on hostname, generation number, etc,
 # so we regenerate it always.
@@ -30,7 +26,7 @@ $(obj)/version.o: include/linux/compile.h
        chk_compile.h = :
  quiet_chk_compile.h = echo '  CHK     $@'
 silent_chk_compile.h = :
-include/linux/compile.h: FORCE
+include/generated/compile.h: FORCE
 	@$($(quiet)chk_compile.h)
 	$(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkcompile_h $@ \
 	"$(UTS_MACHINE)" "$(CONFIG_SMP)" "$(CONFIG_PREEMPT)" "$(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)"
diff --git a/init/version.c b/init/version.c
index 52a8b98642b8fb..82328aaca1ef7d 100644
--- a/init/version.c
+++ b/init/version.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *  May be freely distributed as part of Linux.
  */
 
-#include <linux/compile.h>
+#include <generated/compile.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/uts.h>
 #include <linux/utsname.h>