diff --git a/make/Makefile b/make/Makefile
index ab1bd9ad..b0e0de9b 100644
--- a/make/Makefile
+++ b/make/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 TOPDIR                       = ..
 CACHED_FILES                := defs.mk projects.mk platform.mk Makefile
+MKFILES                     += $(CACHE_PROJECTS_MK)
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/make/proj.mk
 include $(JWBDIR)/make/make.mk
@@ -21,3 +22,10 @@ endif
 
 grep-vars:
 	$(Q)sed '/^ *[A-Z]/!d; s/^[        ]*//g; s/[=+?:].*//g; s/[       ]*//g' *.mk | sort -u
+
+cache-projects: $(CACHE_PROJECTS_MK)
+clean-cache-projects:
+	rm -f $(CACHE_PROJECTS_MK)
+$(CACHE_PROJECTS_MK): $(CACHE_PROJECT_MK)
+	sed '/\($(subst $(space),\|,$(CACHED_VARS_ONLY_PROJECT))\)\s*[:?]\?=/ d' $< > $@.tmp
+	mv $@.tmp $@
diff --git a/make/cache.mk b/make/cache.mk
index 58731542..8ea15f55 100644
--- a/make/cache.mk
+++ b/make/cache.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 .PHONY: cache clean-cache clean-cache-projects
 
 CACHE_PROJECT_MK            ?= .cache-project.mk
-CACHE_PROJECTS_MK           ?= .cache-projects.mk
-CACHE_FILES_MK               = $(CACHE_PROJECT_MK) $(CACHE_PROJECTS_MK)
 CACHED_VARS_ONLY_PROJECT    ?= \
 	PROJECT \
 	PREREQ \
@@ -29,11 +27,3 @@ $(CACHE_PROJECT_MK): $(CACHED_FILES) $(JWBDIR)/make/cache.mk
 		$(GREP) . | \
 		tee $@.tmp
 	mv $@.tmp $@
-
-# -- Only used in jw-pkg
-cache-projects: $(CACHE_PROJECTS_MK)
-clean-cache-projects:
-	rm -f $(CACHE_PROJECTS_MK)
-$(CACHE_PROJECTS_MK): $(CACHE_PROJECT_MK)
-	sed '/\($(subst $(space),\|,$(CACHED_VARS_ONLY_PROJECT))\)\s*[:?]\?=/ d' $< > $@.tmp
-	mv $@.tmp $@
diff --git a/make/platform.mk b/make/platform.mk
index 079f88bb..2d79e0c0 100644
--- a/make/platform.mk
+++ b/make/platform.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ define try_include
   endif
 endef
 
-$(eval $(call try_include,$(JWBDIR)/make/.cache-projects.mk))
+CACHE_PROJECTS_MK           := $(JWBDIR)/cache-projects.mk
+
+$(eval $(call try_include,$(CACHE_PROJECTS_MK)))
 $(eval $(call try_include,$(TOPDIR)/make/.cache-project.mk))
 $(eval $(call try_include,$(JWBDIR)/make/pre-local.mk))
 $(eval $(call try_include,$(TOPDIR)/make/pre-local.mk))
diff --git a/make/rpmdist.mk b/make/rpmdist.mk
index 03aac5b8..d842db80 100644
--- a/make/rpmdist.mk
+++ b/make/rpmdist.mk
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ pkg-update: pkgupdate.dist
 pkg-upload-local: pkg-upload-local.dist
 
 clean.rpm:
-	$(RM) -rf $(DIST_DIR) *.dist make/.cache-project.mk make/.cache-projects.mk
-
+	$(RM) -rf $(DIST_DIR) *.dist make/.cache-project.mk
 #ifeq ($(PROJECT_DESCR_FILE),)
 #
 #clean.mkspec: