diff --git a/common/makefiles/JavaCompilation.gmk b/common/makefiles/JavaCompilation.gmk
index ecc59e3532f025297818cbcbbdd15dae9769f55f..11b0b46bfb9bf29bc9a5b089d019fc3977657a3b 100644
--- a/common/makefiles/JavaCompilation.gmk
+++ b/common/makefiles/JavaCompilation.gmk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2011, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -371,8 +371,8 @@ define SetupJavaCompilation
     #    INCLUDE_FILES:="com/sun/SolarisFoobar.java" means only compile this file!
     #    EXCLUDE_FILES:="com/sun/SolarisFoobar.java" means do not compile this particular file!
     #                   "SolarisFoobar.java" means do not compile SolarisFoobar, wherever it is found.
-    #    JAVAC_SOURCE_PATH_UGLY_OVERRIDE:=Don't use this. This forces an explicit -sourcepath to javac.
-    #                                     Its only here until we cleanup some nasty source code pasta in the jdk.
+  #   JAVAC_SOURCE_PATH_OVERRIDE:=This forces an explicit -sourcepath to javac instead of the complete
+  #       source roots from SRC. This is sometimes needed when compiling specific subsets of the source.
     #    HEADERS:=path to directory where all generated c-headers are written.
     #    DEPENDS:=Extra dependecy
     $(foreach i,2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15, $(if $($i),$1_$(strip $($i)))$(NEWLINE))
@@ -474,8 +474,8 @@ define SetupJavaCompilation
     endif
 
     # Prep the source paths.
-    ifneq ($$($1_JAVAC_SOURCE_PATH_UGLY_OVERRIDE),)
-      $$(eval $$(call replace_space_with_pathsep,$1_SRCROOTSC,$$($1_JAVAC_SOURCE_PATH_UGLY_OVERRIDE)))
+  ifneq ($$($1_JAVAC_SOURCE_PATH_OVERRIDE),)
+    $$(eval $$(call replace_space_with_pathsep,$1_SRCROOTSC,$$($1_JAVAC_SOURCE_PATH_OVERRIDE)))
     else
       $$(eval $$(call replace_space_with_pathsep,$1_SRCROOTSC,$$($1_SRC)))
     endif
diff --git a/common/makefiles/RMICompilation.gmk b/common/makefiles/RMICompilation.gmk
index acbc7054cebe6850449756ad1cad2566e6a9822a..0b8f974f66945e9b5e91d6b0243ba0b176befb83 100644
--- a/common/makefiles/RMICompilation.gmk
+++ b/common/makefiles/RMICompilation.gmk
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ define SetupRMICompilation
     $(call LogSetupMacroEntry,SetupRMICompilation($1),$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9,$(10),$(11),$(12),$(13),$(14),$(15))
     $(if $(16),$(error Internal makefile error: Too many arguments to SetupRMICompilation, please update RMICompilation.gmk))
 
-    $1_DEP_FILE := $$($1_STUB_CLASSES_DIR)/$1_rmic
+  $1_DEP_FILE := $$($1_STUB_CLASSES_DIR)/_the.$1_rmic.generated
 
     $1_CLASSES_SLASH := $$(subst .,/,$$($1_CLASSES))
     $1_CLASS_FILES := $$(addprefix $$($1_CLASSES_DIR)/,$$(addsuffix .class,$$($1_CLASSES_SLASH)))
@@ -88,10 +88,9 @@ define SetupRMICompilation
 	    $(RMIC) $$($1_ARGS2) -classpath "$$($1_CLASSES_DIR)" \
 			-d $$($1_STUB_CLASSES_DIR) $$($1_DOLLAR_SAFE_CLASSES);\
 	fi;
+	$(TOUCH) $$@
 
 
-    $1 := $$($1_TARGETS)
+  $1 := $$($1_TARGETS) $$($1_DEP_FILE)
 
-    # By marking as secondary, this "touch" file doesn't need to be touched and will never exist.
-    .SECONDARY: $$($1_DEP_FILE)
 endef