diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
index 4b603c5c3cc163ba90e7f5b6821d35609fc8e8f0..34929f24c2846010bded3b426f20cdb54d4abc57 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ PS_METHOD	= $(prefer-db2x)
 PHONY += xmldocs sgmldocs psdocs pdfdocs htmldocs mandocs installmandocs cleandocs xmldoclinks
 
 BOOKS := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(DOCBOOKS))
-xmldocs: $(BOOKS) xmldoclinks
+xmldocs: $(BOOKS)
 sgmldocs: xmldocs
 
 PS := $(patsubst %.xml, %.ps, $(BOOKS))
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ define rule_docproc
         ) > $(dir $@).$(notdir $@).cmd
 endef
 
-%.xml: %.tmpl FORCE
+%.xml: %.tmpl xmldoclinks FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_rule,docproc)
 
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