diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index a04bb26..1abf849 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 static const char *conf_filename;
 static int conf_lineno, conf_warnings;
 
-const char conf_defname[] = "arch/$ARCH/defconfig";
+const char conf_defname[] = "arch/$(ARCH)/defconfig";
 
 static void conf_warning(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
@@ -81,39 +81,13 @@
 	return name ? name : "include/config/auto.conf";
 }
 
-static char *conf_expand_value(const char *in)
-{
-	struct symbol *sym;
-	const char *src;
-	static char res_value[SYMBOL_MAXLENGTH];
-	char *dst, name[SYMBOL_MAXLENGTH];
-
-	res_value[0] = 0;
-	dst = name;
-	while ((src = strchr(in, '$'))) {
-		strncat(res_value, in, src - in);
-		src++;
-		dst = name;
-		while (isalnum(*src) || *src == '_')
-			*dst++ = *src++;
-		*dst = 0;
-		sym = sym_lookup(name, 0);
-		sym_calc_value(sym);
-		strcat(res_value, sym_get_string_value(sym));
-		in = src;
-	}
-	strcat(res_value, in);
-
-	return res_value;
-}
-
 char *conf_get_default_confname(void)
 {
 	struct stat buf;
 	static char fullname[PATH_MAX+1];
 	char *env, *name;
 
-	name = conf_expand_value(conf_defname);
+	name = expand_string(conf_defname);
 	env = getenv(SRCTREE);
 	if (env) {
 		sprintf(fullname, "%s/%s", env, name);
@@ -270,10 +244,11 @@
 			if (expr_calc_value(prop->visible.expr) == no ||
 			    prop->expr->type != E_SYMBOL)
 				continue;
-			name = conf_expand_value(prop->expr->left.sym->name);
+			sym_calc_value(prop->expr->left.sym);
+			name = sym_get_string_value(prop->expr->left.sym);
 			in = zconf_fopen(name);
 			if (in) {
-				conf_message(_("using defaults found in %s"),
+				conf_message("using defaults found in %s",
 					 name);
 				goto load;
 			}
@@ -829,7 +804,7 @@
 			return 1;
 	}
 
-	conf_message(_("configuration written to %s"), newname);
+	conf_message("configuration written to %s", newname);
 
 	sym_set_change_count(0);