diff --git a/utils/Makefile b/utils/Makefile
index ff56a1b0be3..294501ae4bd 100644
--- a/utils/Makefile
+++ b/utils/Makefile
@@ -5,27 +5,20 @@ CFLAGS	+= -funroll-all-loops -ftree-loop-linear
 LDFLAGS	+= -lprop
 BINS	?= xbps-bin xbps-cmpver xbps-digest xbps-pkgdb
 
-all: $(BINS) clean-objs
+all: $(BINS)
 .PHONY: all
 
-xbps-cmpver.o: xbps_api.h
-sha256.o: xbps_api.h sha256.h
-xbps-digest.o: xbps_api.h sha256.h
-xbps-pkgdb.o: xbps_api.h plist.h
-plist.o: xbps_api.h plist.h
-xbps-bin.o: xbps_api.h plist.h
-
 xbps-bin: xbps-bin.o plist.o
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o xbps-bin xbps-bin.o plist.o
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $^ -o $@
 
 xbps-cmpver: xbps-cmpver.o
-	$(CC) -o xbps-cmpver xbps-cmpver.o
+	$(CC) $^ -o $@
 
 xbps-digest: xbps-digest.o sha256.o
-	$(CC) -o xbps-digest xbps-digest.o sha256.o
+	$(CC) $^ -o $@
 
 xbps-pkgdb: xbps-pkgdb.o plist.o
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o xbps-pkgdb xbps-pkgdb.o plist.o
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $^ -o $@
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean: clean-bins clean-objs