diff --git a/Makefile.include b/Makefile.include
index fc209e41fe281a19f5015844b4e897ba8cdeacca..98b9430845d4b91952fa4babf4e88a6fd4130f36 100644
--- a/Makefile.include
+++ b/Makefile.include
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ $(BINDIR)$(PROJECT)/%.o: %.c $(PROJDEPS) $(USEPKG:%=${BINDIR}%.a)
 	$(AD)mkdir -p "$(dir $@)"
 	$(AD)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c "$<" -o "$@"
 
-$(USEPKG:%=${BINDIR}%.a)::
+$(USEPKG:%=${BINDIR}%.a):
 	@mkdir -p ${BINDIR}
 	"$(MAKE)" -C $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/$(patsubst ${BINDIR}%.a,%,$@)
 
diff --git a/pkg/tlsf/Makefile b/pkg/tlsf/Makefile
index 7ea14d4eaca37a7f9a4033ba0955f4d7f4b6b4f6..c9f83c94c2cf384ad6b20ceeb14ae8ca9f7da827 100644
--- a/pkg/tlsf/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/tlsf/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ifeq (, $(UNZIP))
   endif
 endif
 
-.PHONY: all clean patch reset
+.PHONY: all clean distclean
 
 all: $(BINDIR)$(PKG_NAME).a