diff --git a/modules/Makefile.in b/modules/Makefile.in
index da555f6c..f023424d 100644
--- a/modules/Makefile.in
+++ b/modules/Makefile.in
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+all:
+
 SHELL       := @SHELL@
 
 # Support out-of-tree builds
@@ -57,6 +59,10 @@ ifeq "@EXTRA@" "yes"
 FILES    += $(addprefix extra/, $(notdir $(wildcard $(srcdir)/extra/*.cpp)))
 endif
 
+include modperl/Makefile.inc
+include modpython/Makefile.inc
+include Makefile.modtcl
+
 FILES    := $(basename $(FILES))
 
 ifeq "@NOSSL@" "1"
@@ -117,8 +123,4 @@ uninstall:
 	rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(MODDIR)
 	rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(DATADIR)
 
-include modperl/Makefile.inc
-include modpython/Makefile.inc
-include Makefile.modtcl
-
 -include $(wildcard .depend/*.dep)