diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7b5877b..c9b3224 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 all: json
 
-./output/corpus.p5.xml: eng2tei.py Makefile
+./output/corpus.p5.xml: eng2tei.py
 	mkdir -p output
 	python eng2tei.py `find /export/coin/ICC/ICC-EN_written_XML_April2023 -name "*.xml"`
 
-icc-eng.p5.xml: ./output/corpus.p5.xml Makefile
+icc-eng.p5.xml: ./output/corpus.p5.xml
 	cat $< | xmllint - > $@
 
 icc-eng.zip: icc-eng.p5.xml