Index: Makefile.in
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--- Makefile.in	(revision 22215)
+++ Makefile.in	(working copy)
@@ -369,34 +369,27 @@ headers:
 
 endif # ifeq ($(HAVE_DOT_CONFIG),y)
 
-include/bits:
-	$(INSTALL) -d include/bits
-
 # configuration
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-extra/config/conf extra/config/mconf: include/bits
-# TODO: this results in "make[1]: `conf' is up to date" printed
-# on every rebuild, because extra/config/conf is already built
-# on previous make run. Make it "test -x $@ || ..." (simple & a bit wrong)
-# or "make -q -C extra/config $(notdir $@) || ..." (less readable)?
+extra/config/conf extra/config/mconf:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C extra/config $(notdir $@)
 
-menuconfig: extra/config/mconf include/bits
+menuconfig: extra/config/mconf
 	$(Q)./extra/config/mconf extra/Configs/Config.in
 
-config: extra/config/conf include/bits
+config: extra/config/conf
 	$(Q)./extra/config/conf extra/Configs/Config.in
 
-oldconfig: extra/config/conf include/bits
+oldconfig: extra/config/conf
 	$(Q)./extra/config/conf -o extra/Configs/Config.in
 
-silentoldconfig: extra/config/conf include/bits
+silentoldconfig: extra/config/conf
 	$(Q)./extra/config/conf -s extra/Configs/Config.in
 
-randconfig: extra/config/conf include/bits
+randconfig: extra/config/conf
 	$(Q)./extra/config/conf -r extra/Configs/Config.in
 
-allyesconfig: extra/config/conf include/bits
+allyesconfig: extra/config/conf
 	$(Q)./extra/config/conf -y extra/Configs/Config.in
 	sed -i -e "s/^DODEBUG=.*/# DODEBUG is not set/" .config
 	sed -i -e "s/^DOASSERTS=.*/# DOASSERTS is not set/" .config
@@ -405,10 +398,10 @@ allyesconfig: extra/config/conf include/
 	sed -i -e "s/^UCLIBC_MJN3_ONLY=.*/# UCLIBC_MJN3_ONLY is not set/" .config
 	$(Q)./extra/config/conf -o extra/Configs/Config.in
 
-allnoconfig: extra/config/conf include/bits
+allnoconfig: extra/config/conf
 	$(Q)./extra/config/conf -n extra/Configs/Config.in
 
-defconfig: extra/config/conf include/bits
+defconfig: extra/config/conf
 	$(Q)./extra/config/conf -d extra/Configs/Config.in
 
 clean: