diff --git a/sys/shell/Makefile b/sys/shell/Makefile
index 9d889dbf402c84896fd83acc5280c1db69198fef..ff50b2f7aae61749468bf96c6ede4e4f752e5ad1 100644
--- a/sys/shell/Makefile
+++ b/sys/shell/Makefile
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ $(BINDIR)$(MODULE).a: $(OBJ)
 
 # compile and generate dependency info
 $(BINDIR)%.o: %.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $*.c -o $(BINDIR)$*.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -MM $*.c > $(BINDIR)$*.d
+	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $*.c -o $(BINDIR)$*.o
+	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -MM $*.c > $(BINDIR)$*.d
 	@printf "$(BINDIR)"|cat - $(BINDIR)$*.d > /tmp/riot_out && mv /tmp/riot_out $(BINDIR)$*.d
 
 # remove compilation products
 clean::
-	rm -f $(BINDIR)$(MODULE).a $(OBJ) $(DEP) $(ASMOBJ)
+	@rm -f $(BINDIR)$(MODULE).a $(OBJ) $(DEP) $(ASMOBJ)