diff --git a/muttator/locale/en-US/Makefile b/muttator/locale/en-US/Makefile
index c2521e8b..1451eb48 100644
--- a/muttator/locale/en-US/Makefile
+++ b/muttator/locale/en-US/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ THISLOCALE=$(notdir $(shell pwd))
 all: *.html
 
 %: %.html %.txt
-	@make $@.html
+	@
 
 %.html: %.txt asciidoc.conf
 	@make -C ../../ locale/$(THISLOCALE)/$@
diff --git a/vimperator/locale/en-US/Makefile b/vimperator/locale/en-US/Makefile
index c2521e8b..1451eb48 100644
--- a/vimperator/locale/en-US/Makefile
+++ b/vimperator/locale/en-US/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ THISLOCALE=$(notdir $(shell pwd))
 all: *.html
 
 %: %.html %.txt
-	@make $@.html
+	@
 
 %.html: %.txt asciidoc.conf
 	@make -C ../../ locale/$(THISLOCALE)/$@