diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5051a3b32a6e42d006ea72545ba2c1bdd8a51afb..744e2ee2c0b96936e73695b44f6b9b9431a16c86 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ $(GOPATH)/bin/go-bindata: $(GOPATH)/src/$(ORG)
 cross: out/localkube out/minikube-linux-amd64 out/minikube-darwin-amd64 out/minikube-windows-amd64.exe
 
 .PHONY: checksum
-checksum: cross
+checksum:
 	for f in out/localkube out/minikube-linux-amd64 out/minikube-darwin-amd64 out/minikube-windows-amd64.exe out/minikube.iso; do \
 		if [ -f "$${f}" ]; then \
 			openssl sha256 "$${f}" | awk '{print $$2}' > "$${f}.sha256" ; \