diff --git a/payloads/external/tianocore/Kconfig b/payloads/external/tianocore/Kconfig
index 72d060abc9..0f81eabbf5 100644
--- a/payloads/external/tianocore/Kconfig
+++ b/payloads/external/tianocore/Kconfig
@@ -210,15 +210,13 @@ config TIANOCORE_USE_8254_TIMER
 
 endif
 
-if TIANOCORE_CUSTOM
-
 config TIANOCORE_CUSTOM_BUILD_PARAMS
 	string "TianoCore additional custom build parameters"
 	help
-	  Custom TianoCore forks may have different sets of parameters passed
-	  to build command. You may specify additional parameters to the custom
-	  TianoCore build
-
-endif
+	  edk2 has build options that are not modified by coreboot, and these can be
+	  found in `UefiPayloadPkg/UefiPayloadPkg.dsc`. Forks may also support
+	  additional build options that should have been upstreamed but have not.
+
+	  This option can support both macros `-D` and Pcds `--pcd`.
 
 endif
diff --git a/payloads/external/tianocore/Makefile b/payloads/external/tianocore/Makefile
index d3b88b82f4..7f6fe92897 100644
--- a/payloads/external/tianocore/Makefile
+++ b/payloads/external/tianocore/Makefile
@@ -106,11 +106,9 @@ endif # CONFIG_TIANOCORE_COREBOOTPAYLOAD
 
 bootloader = $(word 8,$(subst /, ,$(BUILD_STR)))
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_TIANOCORE_CUSTOM),y)
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_TIANOCORE_CUSTOM_BUILD_PARAMS),)
 BUILD_STR += $(CONFIG_TIANOCORE_CUSTOM_BUILD_PARAMS)
 endif
-endif
 
 all: clean build