diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/parser.y b/scripts/kconfig/parser.y
index f0f17b21d1b5..68372d3ff325 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/parser.y
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/parser.y
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 int cdebug = PRINTD;
 
 static void yyerror(const char *err);
-static void zconfprint(const char *err, ...);
 static void zconf_error(const char *err, ...);
 static bool zconf_endtoken(const char *tokenname,
 			   const char *expected_tokenname);
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ menuconfig_stmt: menuconfig_entry_start config_option_list
 	if (current_entry->prompt)
 		current_entry->prompt->type = P_MENU;
 	else
-		zconfprint("warning: menuconfig statement without prompt");
+		zconf_error("menuconfig statement without prompt");
 	printd(DEBUG_PARSE, "%s:%d:endconfig\n", cur_filename, cur_lineno);
 };
 
@@ -402,14 +401,14 @@ help: help_start T_HELPTEXT
 {
 	if (current_entry->help) {
 		free(current_entry->help);
-		zconfprint("warning: '%s' defined with more than one help text -- only the last one will be used",
-			   current_entry->sym->name ?: "<choice>");
+		zconf_error("'%s' defined with more than one help text",
+			    current_entry->sym->name ?: "<choice>");
 	}
 
 	/* Is the help text empty or all whitespace? */
 	if ($2[strspn($2, " \f\n\r\t\v")] == '\0')
-		zconfprint("warning: '%s' defined with blank help text",
-			   current_entry->sym->name ?: "<choice>");
+		zconf_error("'%s' defined with blank help text",
+			    current_entry->sym->name ?: "<choice>");
 
 	current_entry->help = $2;
 };
@@ -592,17 +591,6 @@ static bool zconf_endtoken(const char *tokenname,
 	return true;
 }
 
-static void zconfprint(const char *err, ...)
-{
-	va_list ap;
-
-	fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: ", cur_filename, cur_lineno);
-	va_start(ap, err);
-	vfprintf(stderr, err, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-}
-
 static void zconf_error(const char *err, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;