diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7649e4ce34..a44232567d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export BR2_VERSION_FULL := $(BR2_VERSION)$(shell $(TOPDIR)/support/scripts/setlo
 noconfig_targets := menuconfig nconfig gconfig xconfig config oldconfig randconfig \
 	defconfig %_defconfig allyesconfig allnoconfig silentoldconfig release \
 	randpackageconfig allyespackageconfig allnopackageconfig \
-	source-check print-version olddefconfig
+	print-version olddefconfig
 
 # Strip quotes and then whitespaces
 qstrip = $(strip $(subst ",,$(1)))
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ world: target-post-image
 
 .PHONY: all world toolchain dirs clean distclean source outputmakefile \
 	legal-info legal-info-prepare legal-info-clean printvars help \
-	list-defconfigs target-finalize target-post-image
+	list-defconfigs target-finalize target-post-image source-check
 
 ################################################################################
 #
@@ -618,6 +618,10 @@ _external-deps: $(foreach p,$(PACKAGES),$(p)-all-external-deps)
 external-deps:
 	@$(MAKE1) -Bs $(EXTRAMAKEARGS) _external-deps | sort -u
 
+# check if download URLs are outdated
+source-check:
+	$(MAKE1) DL_MODE=SOURCE_CHECK $(EXTRAMAKEARGS) source
+
 legal-info-clean:
 	@rm -fr $(LEGAL_INFO_DIR)
 
@@ -778,10 +782,6 @@ savedefconfig: $(BUILD_DIR)/buildroot-config/conf outputmakefile
 		--savedefconfig=$(if $(DEFCONFIG),$(DEFCONFIG),$(CONFIG_DIR)/defconfig) \
 		$(CONFIG_CONFIG_IN)
 
-# check if download URLs are outdated
-source-check:
-	$(MAKE1) DL_MODE=SOURCE_CHECK $(EXTRAMAKEARGS) source
-
 .PHONY: defconfig savedefconfig
 
 ################################################################################