diff --git a/dkarm/rules/base_rules b/dkarm/rules/base_rules
index 662a7d1..0dea46a 100644
--- a/dkarm/rules/base_rules
+++ b/dkarm/rules/base_rules
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ export AS		:=	$(PREFIX)as
 export AR		:=	$(PREFIX)ar
 export OBJCOPY	:=	$(PREFIX)objcopy
 
-define adjustdepends
-cp $(DEPSDIR)/$*.d $(DEPSDIR)/$*.P;
-sed -e 's/#.*//' -e 's/^[^:]*:  *//' -e 's/^ *//' -e 's/ *\\$$//' -e '/^$$/ d' -e 's/$$/ :/' < $(DEPSDIR)/$*.P >> $(DEPSDIR)/$*.d;
-rm $(DEPSDIR)/$*.P
-endef
-
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %.a:
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -30,26 +24,22 @@ endef
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %.o: %.cpp
 	@echo $(notdir $<)
-	@$(CXX) -MMD -MF $(DEPSDIR)/$*.d $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
-	@$(adjustdepends)
+	@$(CXX) -MMD -MP -MF $(DEPSDIR)/$*.d $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 	
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %.o: %.c
 	@echo $(notdir $<)
-	@$(CC) -MMD -MF $(DEPSDIR)/$*.d $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
-	@$(adjustdepends)
+	@$(CC) -MMD -MP -MF $(DEPSDIR)/$*.d $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %.o: %.s
 	@echo $(notdir $<)
-	@$(CC) -MMD -MF $(DEPSDIR)/$*.d -x assembler-with-cpp $(ASFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
-	@$(adjustdepends)
+	$(CC) -MMD -MP -MF $(DEPSDIR)/$*.d -x assembler-with-cpp $(ASFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %.o: %.S
 	@echo $(notdir $<)
-	@$(CC) -MMD -MF $(DEPSDIR)/$*.d -x assembler-with-cpp $(ASFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
-	@$(adjustdepends)
+	@$(CC) -MMD -MP -MF $(DEPSDIR)/$*.d -x assembler-with-cpp $(ASFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # canned command sequence for binary data