diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b61358645886e41cfaefc8d3e5d8aa34ab4764ea..24019b373750a8f6f48b877a5f63267e3b316827 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
 # Generated files
 #
 
-*.depend*
 /LOG
 /errlog
 /reloc_off
diff --git a/MAKEALL b/MAKEALL
index d7ad51dc440f2293e38dcde602d458eaefe37858..2bb6bb2638187faea48acf383f82ff6666647c13 100755
--- a/MAKEALL
+++ b/MAKEALL
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ build_target() {
 	if [ $BUILD_MANY == 1 ] ; then
 		trap - TERM
 
-		${MAKE} -s tidy
+		${MAKE} -s clean
 
 		if [ -s ${LOG_DIR}/${target}.ERR ] ; then
 			cp ${LOG_DIR}/${target}.ERR ${OUTPUT_PREFIX}/ERR/${target}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 16119576d5b625f892cfff035972dee77f995c2e..ac7dccd07fb360ecf0a5ead4e738aa82b5230d80 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ LDFLAGS_u-boot += -Ttext $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE)
 endif
 
 # Targets which don't build the source code
-NON_BUILD_TARGETS = backup clean clobber distclean mrproper tidy unconfig %_config
+NON_BUILD_TARGETS = backup clean clobber distclean mrproper unconfig %_config
 
 # Only do the generic board check when actually building, not configuring
 ifeq ($(filter $(NON_BUILD_TARGETS),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
@@ -1119,11 +1119,7 @@ clean:
 		-o -name '*.cfgtmp' \) -print \
 		| xargs rm -f
 
-# Removes everything not needed for testing u-boot
-tidy:	clean
-	@find $(OBJTREE) -type f \( -name '*.depend*' \) -print | xargs rm -f
-
-clobber:	tidy
+clobber: clean
 	@find $(OBJTREE) -type f \( -name '*.srec' \
 		-o -name '*.bin' -o -name u-boot.img \) \
 		-print0 | xargs -0 rm -f