diff --git a/usr.bin/awk/Makefile b/usr.bin/awk/Makefile
index 82de7d56a415..cc740a46b82c 100644
--- a/usr.bin/awk/Makefile
+++ b/usr.bin/awk/Makefile
@@ -1,36 +1,36 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 .include <src.opts.mk>
 
 AWKSRC=	${SRCTOP}/contrib/one-true-awk
 .PATH: ${AWKSRC}
 
 PROG=	awk
 SRCS=	awkgram.y b.c lex.c lib.c main.c parse.c proctab.c run.c tran.c awkgram.tab.h
 
 CFLAGS+= -DHAS_ISBLANK -I. -I${AWKSRC} -DFOPEN_MAX=64
 
 WARNS?=	1
 
 LIBADD=	m
 
 LINKS=	${BINDIR}/awk ${BINDIR}/nawk
 MLINKS=	awk.1 nawk.1
 
 CLEANFILES= maketab proctab.c awkgram.tab.h
 
 awkgram.tab.h: awkgram.h
 	ln -sf ${.ALLSRC:M*.h} ${.TARGET}
 
-proctab.c: maketab
+proctab.c: maketab awkgram.h
 	${BTOOLSPATH:U.}/maketab awkgram.h > proctab.c
 
 DEPENDOBJS+= maketab
 build-tools: maketab
-maketab: awkgram.tab.h maketab.c ${BUILD_TOOLS_META}
+maketab: ${BUILD_TOOLS_META}
 
 # awk needs some work before we can connect these tests to the build
 #HAS_TESTS=
 #SUBDIR.${MK_TESTS}+= tests
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>