diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index 7f11f80f654..454c0203c7a 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ _libkrb5= kerberos5/lib/libasn1 kerberos5/lib/libhdb kerberos5/lib/libsl
 
 build-tools:
 .for _tool in bin/csh bin/sh ${_games} gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_tools ${_fortran} \
-    ${_perl} ${_libroken4} ${_libkrb5} lib/libncurses ${_share} usr.bin/awk \
+    ${_perl} ${_libroken4} ${_libkrb5} lib/libncurses ${_share} \
 	usr.bin/file usr.sbin/sysinstall
 	cd ${.CURDIR}/${_tool}; ${MAKE} build-tools
 .endfor
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/Makefile
index d342b0ca2bd..694f38a8633 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
-SUBDIR= bc binutils cc cpio dc dialog diff diff3 gperf \
+SUBDIR= awk bc binutils cc cpio dc dialog diff diff3 gperf \
 	grep groff gzip man patch ptx rcs sdiff send-pr sort tar texinfo
 
 .if !defined(NO_CVS)
diff --git a/usr.bin/Makefile b/usr.bin/Makefile
index 8c4a2fdf550..34d9ab1e315 100644
--- a/usr.bin/Makefile
+++ b/usr.bin/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #
 SUBDIR=	apply \
 	at \
-	awk \
 	banner \
 	basename \
 	biff \