diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f3dc217832..e898575eb5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2186,13 +2186,13 @@ $(BUILT_INS): git$X
 
 config-list.h: generate-configlist.sh
 
-config-list.h:
+config-list.h: Documentation/*config.txt Documentation/config/*.txt
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(SHELL_PATH) ./generate-configlist.sh \
 		>$@+ && mv $@+ $@
 
 command-list.h: generate-cmdlist.sh command-list.txt
 
-command-list.h: $(wildcard Documentation/git*.txt) Documentation/*config.txt Documentation/config/*.txt
+command-list.h: $(wildcard Documentation/git*.txt)
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(SHELL_PATH) ./generate-cmdlist.sh \
 		$(patsubst %,--exclude-program %,$(EXCLUDED_PROGRAMS)) \
 		command-list.txt >$@+ && mv $@+ $@