diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index efb65b961b941aa7c268248128da5ba3977ae430..1ff63c2fcd0b2ee29e2429182b4d71a04e8320af 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST=ncdu.1 doc/ncdu.pod
 
 # Don't "clean" ncdu.1, it should be in the tarball so that pod2man isn't a
 # build dependency for those who use the tarball.
-ncdu.1: $(srcdir)/doc/ncdu.pod Makefile
+ncdu.1: $(srcdir)/doc/ncdu.pod
 	pod2man --center "ncdu manual" --release "@PACKAGE@-@VERSION@" "$(srcdir)/doc/ncdu.pod" >ncdu.1