diff --git a/runlevels.mk b/runlevels.mk
index f8fb7898..9794c480 100644
--- a/runlevels.mk
+++ b/runlevels.mk
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ install:
 
 all:
 clean:
+depend:
 
 # vim: set ts=4 :
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 072384b2..5e2dd9b9 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -173,5 +173,5 @@ _DEPS != ls *.c *.h
 .depend: version.h $(_DEPS)$(wildcard *.c *.h)
 	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) -MM *.c > .depend
 
-depend:
+depend::
 	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) -MM *.c > .depend