diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c63d656f5d..e70e3209d9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ $(patsubst %.sh,%,$(SCRIPT_SH)) : % : %.sh
 
 $(patsubst %.perl,%,$(SCRIPT_PERL)): perl/perl.mak
 
-perl/perl.mak: GIT-CFLAGS
+perl/perl.mak: GIT-CFLAGS perl/Makefile perl/Makefile.PL
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)perl $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) PERL_PATH='$(PERL_PATH_SQ)' prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' $(@F)
 
 $(patsubst %.perl,%,$(SCRIPT_PERL)): % : %.perl
@@ -907,10 +907,6 @@ $(XDIFF_LIB): $(XDIFF_OBJS)
 	$(QUIET_AR)$(RM) $@ && $(AR) rcs $@ $(XDIFF_OBJS)
 
 
-perl/Makefile: perl/Git.pm perl/Makefile.PL GIT-CFLAGS
-	(cd perl && $(PERL_PATH) Makefile.PL \
-		PREFIX='$(prefix_SQ)')
-
 doc:
 	$(MAKE) -C Documentation all