diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/man/lib/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/man/lib/Makefile
index 0419db38043..c29bf7cf08a 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/man/lib/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/man/lib/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SRCS=	gripes.c util.c
 
 # Kludge to create config.h for other modules.  The library itself doesn't
 # depend on config.h.
-all beforedepend: config.h
+SRCS+=	config.h
 
 config.h: ${.CURDIR}/config.h_dist ${.CURDIR}/../Makefile.inc
 	sed -e 's,%apropos%,${apropos},' -e 's,%whatis%,${whatis},' \