diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b0a2d8065f6..817f3d3706a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -203,12 +203,6 @@ EXTRA_FILES = \
 IGNORE_FILES = \
 	-x autogen.sh
 
-DEPEND_FILES = \
-	src/mesa/depend		\
-	src/glx/depend		\
-	src/glw/depend		\
-	src/glu/sgi/depend
-
 
 parsers: configure
 	-@touch $(TOP)/configs/current
@@ -231,15 +225,9 @@ AUTOCONF = autoconf
 AC_FLAGS =
 aclocal.m4: configure.ac acinclude.m4
 	$(ACLOCAL) $(ACLOCAL_FLAGS)
-configure: rm_depend configure.ac aclocal.m4 acinclude.m4
+configure: configure.ac aclocal.m4 acinclude.m4
 	$(AUTOCONF) $(AC_FLAGS)
 
-rm_depend:
-	@for dep in $(DEPEND_FILES) ; do \
-		rm -f $$dep ; \
-		touch $$dep ; \
-	done
-
 manifest.txt: .git
 	( \
 		ls -1 $(EXTRA_FILES) ; \
@@ -269,4 +257,4 @@ md5: $(ARCHIVES)
 	@-md5sum $(PACKAGE_NAME).tar.bz2
 	@-md5sum $(PACKAGE_NAME).zip
 
-.PHONY: tarballs rm_depend md5
+.PHONY: tarballs md5