diff --git a/make/dummy.mk b/make/dummy.mk
index b5e0306a..31f37d9f 100644
--- a/make/dummy.mk
+++ b/make/dummy.mk
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
-# generic utility modules
-# (c) 2001 jannet it services
-# contact@jannet.de
-# $Id$
+# This snippet is meant to be included from directory which should be visited
+# by jw-pkg, but which doesn't have anything special to do.
 
 include $(JWBDIR)/make/defs.mk
-
-all:
-clean:
-	$(RM) -rf *~ .*.swp
-install: # nothing to be done
-all: # nothing to be done
-distclean: clean
+include $(JWBDIR)/make/std-targets.mk
diff --git a/make/std-targets.mk b/make/std-targets.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e2bddda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make/std-targets.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# This file contains a set of targets which
+# 1. are conclusive (i.e. all mandatory targets)
+# 2. don't hurt
+
+all:
+install:
+clean: clean.std-targets
+clean.std-targets:
+	$(RM) -rf *~ .*.swp *.done
+distclean: clean