diff --git a/Make.rules.in b/Make.rules.in
index 7cffd10fcc8..8d2c0cf3b6c 100644
--- a/Make.rules.in
+++ b/Make.rules.in
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ depend: dummy
 
 .PHONY: depend
 
-# Rules for man pages
-
-all: $(MANPAGES:.man.in=.man)
-
 # Rules for cleaning
 
 clean::
diff --git a/tools/makedep.c b/tools/makedep.c
index 1216ff6abc9..58e9646ed99 100644
--- a/tools/makedep.c
+++ b/tools/makedep.c
@@ -1530,9 +1530,10 @@ static struct strarray output_sources(void)
                         dir, dest, source->sourcename );
                 free( dest );
                 free( dir );
+                strarray_add( &all_targets, xstrdup(obj) );
                 strarray_add_uniq( &phony_targets, "install-man-pages" );
             }
-            strarray_add( &clean_files, xstrdup(obj) );
+            else strarray_add( &clean_files, xstrdup(obj) );
             output( "%s: %s\n", obj, sourcedep );
             output( "\t$(SED_CMD) %s >$@ || ($(RM) $@ && false)\n", source->filename );
             output( "%s:", obj );