diff --git a/CLFS/clfs.xsl b/CLFS/clfs.xsl
index 5426bb5..e8a0bc4 100644
--- a/CLFS/clfs.xsl
+++ b/CLFS/clfs.xsl
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@
           <xsl:text>cp -v ../kernel-config .config&#xA;</xsl:text>
         </xsl:if>
       </xsl:when>
+      <!-- No interactive commands are needed if the .config file is the proper one -->
+      <xsl:when test="contains(string(),'menuconfig')"/>
       <!-- The Coreutils and Module-Init-Tools test suites are optional -->
       <xsl:when test="($testsuite = '0' or $testsuite = '1') and
                 (ancestor::sect1[@id='ch-system-coreutils'] or
diff --git a/HLFS/hlfs.xsl b/HLFS/hlfs.xsl
index 2b17a29..3ed19a5 100644
--- a/HLFS/hlfs.xsl
+++ b/HLFS/hlfs.xsl
@@ -202,10 +202,8 @@
         <xsl:text>make mrproper&#xA;</xsl:text>
         <xsl:text>cp -v /sources/kernel-config .config&#xA;</xsl:text>
       </xsl:when>
-      <!-- No interactive commands are allowed -->
-      <xsl:when test="string() = 'make menuconfig'">
-        <xsl:text>make oldconfig&#xA;</xsl:text>
-      </xsl:when>
+      <!-- No interactive commands are needed if the .config file is the proper one -->
+      <xsl:when test="string() = 'make menuconfig'"/>
       <!-- For uClibc we need to cd to the Gettext package -->
       <xsl:when test="contains(string(),'cd gettext-runtime/')">
         <xsl:text>cd ../gettext-*/gettext-runtime</xsl:text>