diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2f3802c105..ffe634391f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -488,9 +488,6 @@ endif
 
 source: $(TARGETS_SOURCE) $(HOST_SOURCE)
 
-_source-check:
-	$(MAKE) DL_MODE=SOURCE_CHECK $(EXTRAMAKEARGS) source
-
 external-deps:
 	@$(MAKE) -Bs DL_MODE=SHOW_EXTERNAL_DEPS $(EXTRAMAKEARGS) source | sort -u
 
@@ -595,7 +592,7 @@ savedefconfig: $(BUILD_DIR)/buildroot-config/conf outputmakefile
 
 # check if download URLs are outdated
 source-check: allyesconfig
-	$(MAKE) $(EXTRAMAKEARGS) _source-check
+	$(MAKE) DL_MODE=SOURCE_CHECK $(EXTRAMAKEARGS) source
 
 endif # ifeq ($(BR2_HAVE_DOT_CONFIG),y)