diff --git a/driver/Makefile.in b/driver/Makefile.in
index ea48427a4..06120c05b 100644
--- a/driver/Makefile.in
+++ b/driver/Makefile.in
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
 
 all: dep iverilog@EXEEXT@
 
+check: all
+
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o lexor.c parse.c parse.h parse.output
 	rm -f cflexor.c cfparse.c cfparse.h cfparse.output
diff --git a/ivlpp/Makefile.in b/ivlpp/Makefile.in
index 024632feb..6de9d85da 100644
--- a/ivlpp/Makefile.in
+++ b/ivlpp/Makefile.in
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
 
 all: ivlpp@EXEEXT@
 
+check: all
+
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o lexor.c ivlpp@EXEEXT@
 
diff --git a/tgt-null/Makefile.in b/tgt-null/Makefile.in
index 1424e0c55..164a18f13 100644
--- a/tgt-null/Makefile.in
+++ b/tgt-null/Makefile.in
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ distclean: clean
 Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in ../config.status
 	../config.status --file=$@
 
-check: all
-
 install: all installdirs $(libdir)/ivl$(suffix)/null.tgt $(INSTALL_DOC) $(libdir)/ivl$(suffix)/null.conf $(libdir)/ivl$(suffix)/null-s.conf
 
 $(libdir)/ivl$(suffix)/null.tgt: ./null.tgt
diff --git a/tgt-stub/Makefile.in b/tgt-stub/Makefile.in
index 1c58147f8..2b474e1b1 100644
--- a/tgt-stub/Makefile.in
+++ b/tgt-stub/Makefile.in
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ clean:
 distclean: clean
 	rm -f Makefile config.log
 
-check: all
-
 Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in ../config.status
 	../config.status --file=$@