diff --git a/arch/metag/Makefile b/arch/metag/Makefile
index 9739857bdedcb89fe6847d26fdef70041a70228d..033a58214119535488836cd805ff17ce6567cc3d 100644
--- a/arch/metag/Makefile
+++ b/arch/metag/Makefile
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ $(boot_targets): vmlinux
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot)/dts $(boot)/dts/$@
 
 dtbs: scripts
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot)/dts dtbs
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot)/dts
 
 archclean:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=$(boot)
diff --git a/arch/metag/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/metag/boot/dts/Makefile
index 72c12187942606316950775222df89e332b885b0..2533c38a691cb6cc238dee2d320032a6e1c63222 100644
--- a/arch/metag/boot/dts/Makefile
+++ b/arch/metag/boot/dts/Makefile
@@ -12,11 +12,7 @@ endif
 dtb-$(CONFIG_METAG_BUILTIN_DTB)	+= $(builtindtb-y).dtb
 obj-$(CONFIG_METAG_BUILTIN_DTB)	+= $(builtindtb-y).dtb.o
 
-targets	+= dtbs
-targets	+= $(dtb-y)
-
 .SECONDARY: $(obj)/$(builtindtb-y).dtb.S
 
-dtbs: $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(dtb-y))
-
+always += $(dtb-y)
 clean-files += *.dtb *.dtb.S