diff --git a/make/projects-dir.mk b/make/projects-dir.mk
index 614f171e..84af96b7 100644
--- a/make/projects-dir.mk
+++ b/make/projects-dir.mk
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ endif
 JW_PKG_PY_PROJECTS           = $(JW_PKG_PY) projects
 PKG_RELATIONS_BUILD         ?= requires
 JW_PKG_PY_BUILD              = $(JW_PKG_PY_PROJECTS) build --pkg-relations "$(PKG_RELATIONS_BUILD)" $(JW_PKG_PY_EXTRA_BUILD_OPTS)
+JW_PKG_PY_REQUIRED_OS_PKG    = $(JW_PKG_PY_PROJECTS) required-os-pkg --quote --skip-excluded --pkg-relations "$(PKG_RELATIONS_BUILD)"
 PKG_MANAGER                 ?= $(TIME) $(JW_PKG_PY) --interactive=$(INTERACTIVE) pkg
 
 ifneq ($(origin PROJECTS_DIR_REMOTE_BASE),undefined)
@@ -199,13 +200,13 @@ build-order-%: $(filter-out $(UNAVAILABLE_TARGETS),pull.done)
 build-order: build-order-all
 
 echo-build-deps:
-	$(Q)$(JW_PKG_PY_PROJECTS) required-os-pkg --quote --skip-excluded "build" $(TARGET_PROJECTS)
+	$(Q)$(JW_PKG_PY_REQUIRED_OS_PKG) "build" $(TARGET_PROJECTS)
 
 echo-install-deps:
-	$(Q)$(JW_PKG_PY_PROJECTS) required-os-pkg --quote --skip-excluded "build,run" $(TARGET_PROJECTS)
+	$(Q)$(JW_PKG_PY_REQUIRED_OS_PKG) "build,run" $(TARGET_PROJECTS)
 
 echo-release-deps:
-	$(Q)$(JW_PKG_PY_PROJECTS) required-os-pkg --quote --skip-excluded "build,run,release" $(TARGET_PROJECTS)
+	$(Q)$(JW_PKG_PY_REQUIRED_OS_PKG) "build,run,release" $(TARGET_PROJECTS)
 echo-os:
 	$(Q)$(JW_PKG_PY) platform info
 
@@ -262,10 +263,10 @@ pkg-manager-dup:
 	$(PKG_MANAGER) dup
 
 pkg-install-build-deps:
-	$(PKG_MANAGER) install $(shell $(JW_PKG_PY_PROJECTS) required-os-pkg --quote --skip-excluded "build" $(TARGET_PROJECTS))
+	$(PKG_MANAGER) install $(shell $(JW_PKG_PY_REQUIRED_OS_PKG) "build" $(TARGET_PROJECTS))
 
 pkg-install-release-deps:
-	$(PKG_MANAGER) install $(shell $(JW_PKG_PY_PROJECTS) required-os-pkg --quote --skip-excluded "build,run,release" $(TARGET_PROJECTS))
+	$(PKG_MANAGER) install $(shell $(JW_PKG_PY_REQUIRED_OS_PKG) "build,run,release" $(TARGET_PROJECTS))
 
 pkg-release-reinstall: $(PREREQ_RELEASE)