diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d49d7bf6b2..197cf848bc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ target-post-image: $(TARGETS_ROOTFS) target-finalize
 toolchain-eclipse-register:
 	./support/scripts/eclipse-register-toolchain `readlink -f $(O)` $(notdir $(TARGET_CROSS)) $(BR2_ARCH)
 
-source: dirs $(TARGETS_SOURCE) $(HOST_SOURCE)
+source: $(TARGETS_SOURCE) $(HOST_SOURCE)
 
 external-deps:
 	@$(MAKE1) -Bs DL_MODE=SHOW_EXTERNAL_DEPS $(EXTRAMAKEARGS) source | sort -u
diff --git a/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk b/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
index f0fb53aafb..020e218096 100644
--- a/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
+++ b/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ define UCLIBC_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 	$(UCLIBC_INSTALL_UTILS_STAGING)
 endef
 
-uclibc-menuconfig: dirs uclibc-patch
+uclibc-menuconfig: uclibc-patch
 	$(MAKE1) -C $(UCLIBC_DIR) \
 		$(UCLIBC_MAKE_FLAGS) \
 		PREFIX=$(STAGING_DIR) \