diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 90b90fc184..3716e9ee84 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ CFLAGS     += $(ECFLAGS)
 CCFLAGS     = $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
 ASFLAGS    := $(CPPFLAGS) $(ASFLAGS)
 YASMFLAGS  += $(IFLAGS) -I$(SRC_PATH)/libavutil/x86/ -Pconfig.asm
-HOSTCFLAGS += $(IFLAGS)
+HOSTCCFLAGS = $(IFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS)
 LDFLAGS    := $(ALLFFLIBS:%=-Llib%) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 define COMPILE
diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index 98c274e366..aed11f7891 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ checkheaders: $(filter-out $(SKIPHEADERS:.h=.ho),$(ALLHEADERS:.h=.ho))
 alltools: $(TOOLS)
 
 $(HOSTOBJS): %.o: %.c
-	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(call COMPILE,HOSTCC)
 
 $(HOSTPROGS): %$(HOSTEXESUF): %.o
 	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(HOSTLIBS)
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ CLEANSUFFIXES     = *.d *.o *~ *.ho *.map *.ver
 DISTCLEANSUFFIXES = *.pc
 LIBSUFFIXES       = *.a *.lib *.so *.so.* *.dylib *.dll *.def *.dll.a
 
--include $(wildcard $(OBJS:.o=.d) $(TESTOBJS:.o=.d))
+-include $(wildcard $(OBJS:.o=.d) $(HOSTOBJS:.o=.d) $(TESTOBJS:.o=.d))
diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index 15e7323acc..8f9067417c 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ documentation: $(DOCS)
 
 TEXIDEP = awk '/^@include/ { printf "$@: $(@D)/%s\n", $$2 }' <$< >$(@:%=%.d)
 
-doc/print_options.o: libavformat/options_table.h libavcodec/options_table.h
-
 GENTEXI  = format codec
 GENTEXI := $(GENTEXI:%=doc/avoptions_%.texi)
 
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 63cf1f2f23..0b11102cdb 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ AREF = tests/data/asynth1.sw
 
 OBJDIRS += tests/data tests/vsynth1
 
-# Required due to missing automatic dependency tracking for HOSTOBJS.
-tests/rotozoom.o tests/videogen.o: tests/utils.c
-
 tests/vsynth1/00.pgm: tests/videogen$(HOSTEXESUF) | tests/vsynth1
 	$(M)./$< 'tests/vsynth1/'