diff --git a/src/Kconfig b/src/Kconfig
index cdc0a4426f..7dc738fbd2 100644
--- a/src/Kconfig
+++ b/src/Kconfig
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ config FMD_GENPARSER
 
 	  Otherwise, say N to use the provided pregenerated scanner/parser.
 
-config SCONFIG_GENPARSER
-	bool "Generate SCONFIG parser using flex and bison"
+config UTIL_GENPARSER
+	bool "Generate SCONFIG & BLOBTOOL parser using flex and bison"
 	default n
 	help
 	  Enable this option if you are working on the sconfig device tree
-	  parser and made changes to sconfig.l or sconfig.y.
+	  parser or blobtool and made changes to the .l or .y files.
 
 	  Otherwise, say N to use the provided pregenerated scanner/parser.
 
diff --git a/util/blobtool/Makefile.inc b/util/blobtool/Makefile.inc
index 74777a56cd..34340412c8 100644
--- a/util/blobtool/Makefile.inc
+++ b/util/blobtool/Makefile.inc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ $(objutil)/blobtool/%.o: $(objutil)/blobtool/%.c
 	printf "    HOSTCC     $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(HOSTCC) $(BLOBTOOL_FLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-ifeq (0,1)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_UTIL_GENPARSER),y)
 $(top)/util/blobtool/blobtool.lex.c_shipped: $(top)/util/blobtool/blobtool.l
 	printf "    FLEX       $(subst $(top)/,,$(@))\n"
 	flex -L -o $@ $<
diff --git a/util/sconfig/Makefile.inc b/util/sconfig/Makefile.inc
index c6ba90f450..76bbd45674 100644
--- a/util/sconfig/Makefile.inc
+++ b/util/sconfig/Makefile.inc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ $(objutil)/sconfig/%.o: $(objutil)/sconfig/%.c
 	printf "    HOSTCC     $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(HOSTCC) $(SCONFIGFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-ifdef CONFIG_SCONFIG_GENPARSER
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_UTIL_GENPARSER),y)
 $(top)/util/sconfig/lex.yy.c_shipped: $(top)/util/sconfig/sconfig.l
 	printf "    FLEX       $(subst $(top)/,,$(@))\n"
 	flex -L -o $@ $<