diff --git a/buildsys.mk.in b/buildsys.mk.in
index 5637ce7..4e1ad28 100644
--- a/buildsys.mk.in
+++ b/buildsys.mk.in
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ MO_FILES = ${LOCALES:.po=.mo}
 
 .SILENT:
 .SUFFIXES:
-.SUFFIXES: .amigalib.dep .amigalib.o .beam .c .cc .class .cxx .d .dep .erl .lib.dep .lib.o .java .mo .m .mm .o .plugin.dep .plugin.o .po .py .pyc .rc .S .xpm
+.SUFFIXES: .amigalib.o .beam .c .cc .class .cxx .d .erl .lib.o .java .mo .m .mm .o .plugin.o .po .py .pyc .rc .S .xpm
 .PHONY: all subdirs subdirs-after pre-depend depend install install-extra uninstall uninstall-extra clean distclean locales copy-headers-into-framework ${SUBDIRS} ${SUBDIRS_AFTER}
 
 all:
@@ -146,17 +146,12 @@ ${SUBDIRS} ${SUBDIRS_AFTER}:
 		${DIR_LEAVE}; \
 	done
 
-depend: pre-depend .deps
-
-.deps: ${DEPS}
+depend: pre-depend
 	: >.deps
 	for i in ${DEPS}; do \
-		echo "include \$${.CURDIR}/$$i" >>.deps; \
+		echo "-include \$${.CURDIR}/$$i" >>.deps; \
 	done
 
-.c.dep .c.lib.dep .c.amigalib.dep .c.plugin.dep .cc.dep .cc.lib.dep .cc.amigalib.dep .cc.plugin.dep .cxx.dep .cxx.lib.dep .cxx.amigalib.dep .cxx.plugin.dep .m.dep .m.lib.dep .m.amigalib.dep .m.plugin.dep .mm.dep .mm.lib.dep .mm.amigalib.dep .mm.plugin.dep .S.dep .S.lib.dep .S.amigalib.dep .S.plugin.dep: pre-depend
-	touch $@
-
 pre-depend:
 
 ${PROG} ${PROG_NOINST}: ${EXT_DEPS} ${OBJS} ${OBJS_EXTRA}
@@ -918,4 +913,4 @@ DELETE_OK = printf "@TERM_EL@@TERM_SETAF4@Deleted @TERM_BOLD@%s@TERM_SGR0@@TERM_
 DELETE_FAILED = err=$$?; printf "@TERM_EL@@TERM_SETAF1@Failed to delete @TERM_BOLD@%s@TERM_SGR0@@TERM_SETAF1@!@TERM_SGR0@\n" "$$i"; exit $$err
 
 .CURDIR ?= .
-include ${.CURDIR}/.deps
+-include ${.CURDIR}/.deps
diff --git a/m4/buildsys.m4 b/m4/buildsys.m4
index dcc616c..27824cc 100644
--- a/m4/buildsys.m4
+++ b/m4/buildsys.m4
@@ -108,15 +108,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([BUILDSYS_INIT], [
 			fi
 		])
 	])
-
-	AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_POST([
-		${as_echo:="echo"} ${as_me:="configure"}": touching .deps files"
-		for i in $(find . -name Makefile); do
-			DEPSFILE="$(dirname $i)/.deps"
-			test -f "$DEPSFILE" && rm "$DEPSFILE"
-			touch -t 0001010000 "$DEPSFILE"
-		done
-	])
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN([BUILDSYS_CHECK_IOS], [