diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 985598b01471428b81525a92fa2cfbf55c147bf3..904a2794640a635b530fec23fc35ebfde2e2c35d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -495,11 +495,17 @@ SCRIPT_PERL += git-svn.perl
 SCRIPT_PYTHON += git-remote-testpy.py
 SCRIPT_PYTHON += git-p4.py
 
+NO_INSTALL += git-remote-testpy
+
 # Generated files for scripts
 SCRIPT_SH_GEN = $(patsubst %.sh,%,$(SCRIPT_SH))
 SCRIPT_PERL_GEN = $(patsubst %.perl,%,$(SCRIPT_PERL))
 SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN = $(patsubst %.py,%,$(SCRIPT_PYTHON))
 
+SCRIPT_SH_INS = $(filter-out $(NO_INSTALL),$(SCRIPT_SH_GEN))
+SCRIPT_PERL_INS = $(filter-out $(NO_INSTALL),$(SCRIPT_PERL_GEN))
+SCRIPT_PYTHON_INS = $(filter-out $(NO_INSTALL),$(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN))
+
 # Individual rules to allow e.g.
 # "make -C ../.. SCRIPT_PERL=contrib/foo/bar.perl build-perl-script"
 # from subdirectories like contrib/*/
@@ -509,12 +515,12 @@ build-sh-script: $(SCRIPT_SH_GEN)
 build-python-script: $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN)
 
 .PHONY: install-perl-script install-sh-script install-python-script
-install-sh-script: $(SCRIPT_SH_GEN)
-	$(INSTALL) $(SCRIPT_SH_GEN) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)'
-install-perl-script: $(SCRIPT_PERL_GEN)
-	$(INSTALL) $(SCRIPT_PERL_GEN) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)'
-install-python-script: $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN)
-	$(INSTALL) $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)'
+install-sh-script: $(SCRIPT_SH_INS)
+	$(INSTALL) $^ '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)'
+install-perl-script: $(SCRIPT_PERL_INS)
+	$(INSTALL) $^ '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)'
+install-python-script: $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_INS)
+	$(INSTALL) $^ '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)'
 
 .PHONY: clean-perl-script clean-sh-script clean-python-script
 clean-sh-script:
@@ -524,9 +530,9 @@ clean-perl-script:
 clean-python-script:
 	$(RM) $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN)
 
-SCRIPTS = $(SCRIPT_SH_GEN) \
-	  $(SCRIPT_PERL_GEN) \
-	  $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN) \
+SCRIPTS = $(SCRIPT_SH_INS) \
+	  $(SCRIPT_PERL_INS) \
+	  $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_INS) \
 	  git-instaweb
 
 ETAGS_TARGET = TAGS
@@ -1671,7 +1677,7 @@ please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell:
 shell_compatibility_test: please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell
 
 strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X
-	$(STRIP) $(STRIP_OPTS) $(PROGRAMS) git$X
+	$(STRIP) $(STRIP_OPTS) $^
 
 ### Target-specific flags and dependencies
 
@@ -1731,9 +1737,9 @@ version.sp version.s version.o: EXTRA_CPPFLAGS = \
 
 $(BUILT_INS): git$X
 	$(QUIET_BUILT_IN)$(RM) $@ && \
-	ln git$X $@ 2>/dev/null || \
-	ln -s git$X $@ 2>/dev/null || \
-	cp git$X $@
+	ln $< $@ 2>/dev/null || \
+	ln -s $< $@ 2>/dev/null || \
+	cp $< $@
 
 common-cmds.h: ./generate-cmdlist.sh command-list.txt
 
@@ -1798,7 +1804,7 @@ $(patsubst %.perl,%,$(SCRIPT_PERL)): % : %.perl GIT-VERSION-FILE
 	    -e '	x' \
 	    -e '}' \
 	    -e 's/@@GIT_VERSION@@/$(GIT_VERSION)/g' \
-	    $@.perl >$@+ && \
+	    $< >$@+ && \
 	chmod +x $@+ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
@@ -1822,8 +1828,8 @@ $(patsubst %.perl,%,$(SCRIPT_PERL)) git-instaweb: % : unimplemented.sh
 endif # NO_PERL
 
 ifndef NO_PYTHON
-$(patsubst %.py,%,$(SCRIPT_PYTHON)): GIT-CFLAGS GIT-PREFIX GIT-PYTHON-VARS
-$(patsubst %.py,%,$(SCRIPT_PYTHON)): % : %.py
+$(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN): GIT-CFLAGS GIT-PREFIX GIT-PYTHON-VARS
+$(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN): % : %.py
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
 	INSTLIBDIR=`MAKEFLAGS= $(MAKE) -C git_remote_helpers -s \
 		--no-print-directory prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' DESTDIR='$(DESTDIR_SQ)' \
@@ -1831,11 +1837,11 @@ $(patsubst %.py,%,$(SCRIPT_PYTHON)): % : %.py
 	sed -e '1s|#!.*python|#!$(PYTHON_PATH_SQ)|' \
 	    -e 's|\(os\.getenv("GITPYTHONLIB"\)[^)]*)|\1,"@@INSTLIBDIR@@")|' \
 	    -e 's|@@INSTLIBDIR@@|'"$$INSTLIBDIR"'|g' \
-	    $@.py >$@+ && \
+	    $< >$@+ && \
 	chmod +x $@+ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 else # NO_PYTHON
-$(patsubst %.py,%,$(SCRIPT_PYTHON)): % : unimplemented.sh
+$(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN): % : unimplemented.sh
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
 	sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
 	    -e 's|@@REASON@@|NO_PYTHON=$(NO_PYTHON)|g' \