diff --git a/make/projects-dir.mk b/make/projects-dir.mk
index 3c623e8e..fbad4edb 100644
--- a/make/projects-dir.mk
+++ b/make/projects-dir.mk
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ CVS_ADMIN_SH          = JW_BUILD_SSH_EXTRA_OPTS="$(JW_BUILD_SSH_EXTRA_OPTS)" $(G
 
 # ------------ targets
   
-all: $(filter-out $(UNAVAILABLE_TARGETS),pull.done)
+all: $(filter-out $(UNAVAILABLE_TARGETS),pull.done links.done)
 	$(BUILD_PY) $@ $(BUILD_PROJECTS)
 clean: clean-dirs done.clean
 distclean: clean-all-dirs done.clean