diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
index 6b290aba0..969cfdb1d 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ cmMakefileTargetGenerator
   p_depends.push_back(relativeObj);
   this->LocalGenerator->WriteMakeRule(*this->BuildFileStream, 0,
                                       temp.c_str(), p_depends, no_commands,
-                                      true);
+                                      false);
 }
 
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