diff --git a/make/header.mk b/make/header.mk
index e93fc419..3fc28d56 100644
--- a/make/header.mk
+++ b/make/header.mk
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ ALL = $(LIBDIR) $(PREREQ_DONE) $(INST_HDRS)
 include $(MODDIR)/make/rules.mk
 clean: objclean textclean localclean
 install: $(ALL)
+all:
diff --git a/make/rules.mk b/make/rules.mk
index cc7a7986..cf49a142 100644
--- a/make/rules.mk
+++ b/make/rules.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 # contact@jannet.de
 # $Id$
 
-all.done: $(PREREQ_DONE) $(ALL)
+all: $(ALL)
+
+all.done: $(PREREQ_DONE) all
 	touch $@
 
 %.done:
@@ -48,13 +50,13 @@ checkroot:
 		echo "       b) the Makefile variable CHECK_ROOT does not contain \"true\" as value." ;\
 	fi
 
-installexe: $(ALL) checkroot $(PREFIX)/bin
+installexe: all checkroot $(PREFIX)/bin
 	$(INSTALL) $(EXE) $(PREFIX)/bin/
 
-installso: $(ALL) checkroot $(PREFIX)/lib
+installso: all checkroot $(PREFIX)/lib
 	$(INSTALL) $(SHOBJS) $(PREFIX)/lib/
 
-installsh: $(ALL) checkroot $(PREFIX)/bin
+installsh: all checkroot $(PREFIX)/bin
 	$(INSTALL) $(SHSCRIPTS) $(PREFIX)/bin/
 
 pckgclean:
diff --git a/make/text.mk b/make/text.mk
index c0af40ce..6b80cb1a 100644
--- a/make/text.mk
+++ b/make/text.mk
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ include $(MODDIR)/make/defs.mk
 include $(MODDIR)/make/rules.mk
 clean: textclean localclean
 install: # nothing to be done
+all: # nothing to be done
diff --git a/make/tools.mk b/make/tools.mk
index bbc8af02..390d3c5c 100644
--- a/make/tools.mk
+++ b/make/tools.mk
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ ALL = $(LIBDIR) $(PREREQ_DONE) $(INST_HDRS) $(MEMBERS)
 include $(MODDIR)/make/rules.mk
 clean: objclean textclean localclean
 install: $(ALL)
+all: $(ALL)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index c90e745e..b9a516ea 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 EXEDIR  = $(HOME)/bin
 CONFDIR = $(HOME)/.jannet
 
+all:
+
 $(EXEDIR):
 	mkdir -p $@
 
@@ -44,3 +46,4 @@ install: $(EXEDIR) $(CONFDIR)
 
 clean distclean libclean:
 	rm -rf *~ .*.swp core
+