diff --git a/src/modules/Makefile.in b/src/modules/Makefile.in
index 5eca6b1ec7f13e0b1eb23034d80fbcf592626365..3627eee5e4ad2498cff5a4e269bc186076613e23 100644
--- a/src/modules/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/modules/Makefile.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ all: modules
 
 modules:
 	for a in $(MODULES) ; do echo making $$a ; ( cd $$a ; $(MAKE) $(MAKE_FLAGS) MODNAME=$$a) ; done
-	$(MAKE) linker_options lib_dirs modlist.h modlist_headers.h module_list
+	$(MAKE) linker_options modlist.h modlist_headers.h module_list
 
 modlist.h: $(MODULE_SEGMENTS)
 	( for a in $(MODULES) ; do cat $$a/modlist_segment ; done ; ) >modlist.h