diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/Makefile b/src/backend/catalog/Makefile
index bf36399daa56b37d0cbf676d3463f3a59c5dcad4..3d8163fe247abcc450d2bb2fb21d0f83d422be55 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/Makefile
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Makefile for backend/catalog
 #
-# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/catalog/Makefile,v 1.46 2003/04/06 22:45:22 petere Exp $
+# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/catalog/Makefile,v 1.47 2003/08/01 16:12:32 petere Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ POSTGRES_BKI_SRCS := $(addprefix $(top_srcdir)/src/include/catalog/,\
 
 pg_includes := $(sort -I$(top_srcdir)/src/include -I$(top_builddir)/src/include)
 
-postgres.bki postgres.description: genbki.sh $(POSTGRES_BKI_SRCS) \
+# see explanation in ../parser/Makefile
+postgres.description: postgres.bki ;
+
+postgres.bki: genbki.sh $(POSTGRES_BKI_SRCS) \
     $(top_srcdir)/src/include/postgres_ext.h $(top_builddir)/src/include/pg_config_manual.h
 	CPP='$(CPP)' AWK='$(AWK)' $(SHELL) $< $(BKIOPTS) -o postgres $(pg_includes) $(POSTGRES_BKI_SRCS) --set-version=$(VERSION)