1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/root.make b/tools/root.make
index d58ef4de65..1bd6862cfb 100644
--- a/tools/root.make
+++ b/tools/root.make
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@ RBINFO = $(BUILDDIR)/rockbox-info.txt
 
 .PHONY: all clean tags zip tools manual bin build info langs
 
+ifeq (,$(filter clean veryclean tags voice voicetools manual manual-pdf manual-html manual-zhtml manual-txt manual-ztxt manual-zip help fontzip ,$(MAKECMDGOALS)))
+# none of the above
 DEPFILE = $(BUILDDIR)/make.dep
 
+endif
+
 all: $(DEPFILE) build
 
 # Subdir makefiles. their primary purpose is to populate SRC & OTHER_SRC
@@ -73,13 +77,11 @@ $(RBINFO): $(BUILDDIR)/$(BINARY)
         $(SILENT)echo Creating $(@F)
         $(SILENT)$(TOOLSDIR)/mkinfo.pl $@
 
-ifneq (clean,$(findstring clean,$(MAKECMDGOALS))) # don't build deps before cleaning
 $(DEPFILE) dep:
         $(call PRINTS,Generating dependencies)
         @echo foo > /dev/null # there must be a "real" command in the rule
         $(call mkdepfile,$(DEPFILE),$(SRC) $(OTHER_SRC))
         $(call bmpdepfile,$(DEPFILE),$(BMP) $(PBMP))
-endif
 
 bin: $(DEPFILE) $(TOOLS) $(BUILDDIR)/$(BINARY)
 rocks: $(DEPFILE) $(TOOLS) $(ROCKS)
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ clean:
                 rockbox-manual*.zip sysfont.h rockbox-info.txt voicefontids \
                 *.wav *.mp3 *.voice max_language_size.h $(CLEANOBJS) \
                 $(LINKRAM) $(LINKROM) rockbox.elf rockbox.map rockbox.bin \
-                $(DEPFILE) rombox.elf rombox.map rombox.bin rombox.ucl \
+                make.dep rombox.elf rombox.map rombox.bin rombox.ucl \
                 $(BINARY) $(FLASHFILE) uisimulator bootloader flash $(BOOTLINK)
 
 #### linking the binaries: ####