diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 234893c6..1734b262 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-11-06  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
+
+	* man/generate_mans.mak: The xml-config files do not depend on the
+	Makefile.
+
 2011-10-31  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
 	* src/chage.c, src/chgpasswd.c, src/chpasswd.c, src/chsh.c,
diff --git a/man/generate_mans.mak b/man/generate_mans.mak
index 09631f49..20268d7f 100644
--- a/man/generate_mans.mak
+++ b/man/generate_mans.mak
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ SHA_CRYPT_COND=no_sha_crypt
 endif
 
 if ENABLE_REGENERATE_MAN
-%.xml-config: %.xml Makefile
+%.xml-config: %.xml
 	if grep -q SHADOW-CONFIG-HERE $<; then \
 		sed -e 's/^<!-- SHADOW-CONFIG-HERE -->/<!ENTITY % config SYSTEM "config.xml">%config;/' $< > $@; \
 	else \