diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index ec4f9d89..91b15f6e 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -22,18 +22,10 @@ CLEAN := znc znc-static *.o core core.*
 DISTCLEAN := Makefile config.log config.status znc-config .depend \
 	modules/.depend modules/Makefile
 
-.PHONY: all modules clean depend distclean install
+.PHONY: all modules clean distclean install
 
 all: znc @MODTARGET@
 
-.depend:
-	@mkdir -p .depend
-
-depend: .depend
-	@if test -n "@MODTARGET@"; then \
-		$(MAKE) -C modules depend ; \
-	fi
-
 znc: $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LIBS)
 
@@ -56,7 +48,8 @@ clean:
 distclean: clean
 	rm -rf $(DISTCLEAN)
 
-%.o: %.cpp .depend
+%.o: %.cpp
+	@mkdir -p .depend
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c -o $@ $< -MMD -MF .depend/$<.dep
 
 install: znc @MODTARGET@
diff --git a/modules/Makefile.in b/modules/Makefile.in
index a5aeb20b..0dcd6e00 100644
--- a/modules/Makefile.in
+++ b/modules/Makefile.in
@@ -47,15 +47,10 @@ TARGETS  := $(addsuffix .so, $(FILES))
 
 CLEAN    := *.so
 
-.PHONY: all clean depend install modperl_install
+.PHONY: all clean install modperl_install
 
 all: $(TARGETS)
 
-.depend:
-	@mkdir -p .depend
-
-depend: .depend
-
 install: all create_install_dir install_metadirs $(PERLHOOK)
 	install -m 0755 $(TARGETS) $(DESTDIR)$(MODDIR)
 
@@ -74,7 +69,8 @@ install_metadirs: create_install_dir
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(CLEAN)
 
-%.so: %.cpp .depend
+%.so: %.cpp
+	@mkdir -p .depend
 	$(CXX) $(MODFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) $(LDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ $< $($(basename $<)FLAGS) -MMD -MF .depend/$<.dep
 
 modperl_install: create_install_dir