diff --git a/buildsys.mk.in b/buildsys.mk.in
index 9e55e06..68fabb1 100644
--- a/buildsys.mk.in
+++ b/buildsys.mk.in
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ depend: pre-depend ${SRCS}
 .c.c.dep .cc.cc.dep .cxx.cxx.dep .m.m.dep .mm.mm.dep .S.S.dep:
 	${CPP} ${CPPFLAGS} -M $< | \
 	sed 's/^\([^\.]*\)\.o:/\1.o \1.lib.o \1.plugin.o:/' >$@ || \
-	(rm -f $@; exit 1)
+	{ rm -f $@; false; }
 
 pre-depend: