--- eclass/linux-info.eclass.orig	2013-09-28 23:01:16.000000000 -0400
+++ eclass/linux-info.eclass	2014-01-24 22:14:27.716260686 -0500
@@ -408,11 +408,15 @@
 # - make is not present
 # - corruption exists in the kernel makefile
 get_makefile_extract_function() {
-	local a='' b='' mkfunc='getfilevar'
-	a="$(getfilevar VERSION ${KERNEL_MAKEFILE})"
-	b="$(getfilevar_noexec VERSION ${KERNEL_MAKEFILE})"
-	[[ "${a}" != "${b}" ]] && mkfunc='getfilevar_noexec'
-	echo "${mkfunc}"
+	if [[ "${EBUILD_PHASE}" == "pretend" ]]; then
+		echo 'getfilevar_noexec'
+	else
+		local a='' b='' mkfunc='getfilevar'
+		a="$(getfilevar VERSION ${KERNEL_MAKEFILE})"
+		b="$(getfilevar_noexec VERSION ${KERNEL_MAKEFILE})"
+		[[ "${a}" != "${b}" ]] && mkfunc='getfilevar_noexec'
+		echo "${mkfunc}"
+	fi
 }
 
 # internal variable, so we know to only print the warning once