diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@
 .endif
 .endif	# !defined(_MKSHOWCONFIG)
 
+.if make(*package*)
 .if !defined(PKG_TIMESTAMP)
 .if !empty(GIT_CMD) && exists(${GIT_CMD}) && exists(${SRCDIR}/.git)
 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH!=	${GIT_CMD} -C ${SRCDIR} show -s --format=%ct HEAD
@@ -614,6 +615,7 @@
 .export PKG_NAME_PREFIX
 .export PKG_MAINTAINER
 .export PKG_WWW
+.endif
 
 .if !defined(_MKSHOWCONFIG)
 _CPUTYPE!=	MAKEFLAGS= CPUTYPE=${_TARGET_CPUTYPE} ${MAKE} -f /dev/null \