diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9ee5c7a6da..cca1cacfc0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ recurse:
 codec-cfg.d: codecs.conf.h
 mencoder.d mplayer.d vobsub.d gui/win32/gui.d libmpdemux/muxer_avi.d stream/network.d stream/stream_cddb.d: version.h
 DEPS = $(filter-out %.S,$(patsubst %.cpp,%.d,$(patsubst %.c,%.d,$(SRCS_COMMON) $(SRCS_MPLAYER:.m=.d) $(SRCS_MENCODER))))
-$(DEPS) recurse: help_mp.h
+$(DEPS): help_mp.h
 
 dep depend: $(DEPS)
 	for part in $(PARTS); do $(MAKE) -C $$part depend; done