diff --git a/src/modules/Image/encodings/Makefile.in b/src/modules/Image/encodings/Makefile.in
index 9813a22d679cd9dea809f823971cfd428187fe5c..5ffcb10f61371fbf4980ef9f2d4ce3660b7ab4e0 100644
--- a/src/modules/Image/encodings/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/modules/Image/encodings/Makefile.in
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ all: $(OBJS)
 gif.a : $(GIF_OBJS)
 	rm -f gif.a
 	ar cq gif.a $(GIF_OBJS)
-	$(RANLIB) gif.a
+	# $(RANLIB) gif.a
 
 depend:
 	gcc -MM $(PREFLAGS) $(SRCDIR)/*.c | $(TMP_BINDIR)/fixdepends.sh $(SRCDIR)