diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b77cdcce63eeb6ef6e94e4310a4a1b523a00b16e..e995d4be823c09c9d7f3a0bad5e42737111ab6d2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+2004-11-14  Niels Möller  <nisse@lysator.liu.se>
+
+	* configure.ac (dummy-dep-files): Create dummy dependency files,
+	so that they can be included by the makefiles.
+
 2004-11-13  Niels Möller  <nisse@lysator.liu.se>
 
 	* Makefile.in: Don't use -include, as it's GNU make specific.
-	Added rule to create empty dependency files if they are missing.
 	* examples/Makefile.in, tools/Makefile.in, testsuite/Makefile.in:
 	Likewise. 
 
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index ca3d0c246b921ace0584fa250d3cdad73ca1ca98..f78230014c872952e0aab25a9a15bd62bf7edc53 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -323,10 +323,4 @@ distclean-here: clean-here
 	-rm -f config.h stamp-h config.log config.status \
 	config.make config.m4 Makefile nettle-types.h
 
-DEP_FILES = $(SOURCES:.c=.$(OBJEXT).d) $(SOURCES:.c=.p$(OBJEXT).d)
-
-# Create empty dependency files, if needed.
-$(DEP_FILES):
-	@echo > $@
-
-include $(DEP_FILES)
+include $(SOURCES:.c=.$(OBJEXT).d) $(SOURCES:.c=.p$(OBJEXT).d)
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.in b/examples/Makefile.in
index 935ce12c0b2f7cdc1561a5a5b17c1f1414c8767a..79315d67e8b8c382093c34302e2e1fd0c4b6a37d 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.in
+++ b/examples/Makefile.in
@@ -53,10 +53,4 @@ clean:
 distclean: clean
 	-rm -f Makefile
 
-DEP_FILES = $(SOURCES:.c=.$(OBJEXT).d)
-
-# Create empty dependency files, if needed.
-$(DEP_FILES):
-	@echo > $@
-
-include $(DEP_FILES)
+include $(SOURCES:.c=.$(OBJEXT).d)
diff --git a/testsuite/Makefile.in b/testsuite/Makefile.in
index 9b40e6ddedaa49e5610bfa5994af0c28a21af189..53afe8ca495b9f7823674c5e3b01d640da8c0599 100644
--- a/testsuite/Makefile.in
+++ b/testsuite/Makefile.in
@@ -66,10 +66,4 @@ clean:
 distclean: clean
 	-rm -f Makefile
 
-DEP_FILES = $(SOURCES:.c=.$(OBJEXT).d)
-
-# Create empty dependency files, if needed.
-$(DEP_FILES):
-	@echo > $@
-
-include $(DEP_FILES)
+include $(SOURCES:.c=.$(OBJEXT).d)
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.in b/tools/Makefile.in
index 06874354ee40e4a3646e993e59a0a8e751c2153b..8c2de7f806096c622f4ecbd85bcd88ed5db5ee43 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.in
+++ b/tools/Makefile.in
@@ -55,10 +55,4 @@ clean:
 distclean: clean
 	-rm -f Makefile
 
-DEP_FILES = $(SOURCES:.c=.$(OBJEXT).d)
-
-# Create empty dependency files, if needed.
-$(DEP_FILES):
-	@echo > $@
-
-include $(DEP_FILES)
+include $(SOURCES:.c=.$(OBJEXT).d)