diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index cf9c9b38d..275d4dd78 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ depend: depend-rebuild
 	rm -f .depend.bak
 
 depend-rebuild:
-	rm -f config.h .depend
+	rm -f config.h
 	touch config.h .depend
 	makedepend -w1000 -Y. -f .depend *.c 2>/dev/null
 	(echo '# Automatically generated by makedepend.'; \