diff --git a/linux-tkg-config/prepare b/linux-tkg-config/prepare
index 28193ec..5b7e13a 100644
--- a/linux-tkg-config/prepare
+++ b/linux-tkg-config/prepare
@@ -1334,6 +1334,10 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES=y\n
     _menuconfig="Void"
   fi
 
+  # rewrite configuration
+  msg2 "Setting config"
+  make olddefconfig ${llvm_opt} >> "$_where"/prepare.log
+
   # menuconfig / nconfig
   if [ -z "$_menunconfig" ] && [ "$_distro" != "Void" ]; then
     plain ""
@@ -1353,9 +1357,6 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES=y\n
   elif [ 3 = "$_menunconfig" ]; then
     cp .config .config.orig
     make xconfig ${llvm_opt}
-  else
-    # rewrite configuration
-    yes "" | make config ${llvm_opt} >/dev/null
   fi
   if [ 1 = "$_menunconfig" ] || [ 2 = "$_menunconfig" ] || [ 3 = "$_menunconfig" ]; then
     if [ -z "${_diffconfig}" ]; then