diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk b/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk
index 2c96df1f923e..0335d53c32f8 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ CFLAGS+= ${DEBUG_FLAGS}
 .if ${MK_CTF} != "no" && ${DEBUG_FLAGS:M-g} != ""
 CTFFLAGS+= -g
 .endif
-.endif
-
-.if !defined(DEBUG_FLAGS)
+.else
 STRIP?=	-s
 .endif
 
@@ -173,10 +171,9 @@ SOLINKOPTS+=	-Wl,--fatal-warnings -Wl,--warn-shared-textrel
 .endif
 
 .if target(beforelinking)
-${SHLIB_NAME}: ${SOBJS} beforelinking
-.else
-${SHLIB_NAME}: ${SOBJS}
+${SHLIB_NAME}: beforelinking
 .endif
+${SHLIB_NAME}: ${SOBJS}
 	@${ECHO} building shared library ${SHLIB_NAME}
 	@rm -f ${.TARGET} ${SHLIB_LINK}
 .if defined(SHLIB_LINK)
diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.prog.mk b/share/mk/bsd.prog.mk
index 3c306eb75fe8..950d3817568c 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.prog.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.prog.mk
@@ -46,10 +46,9 @@ PROG=	${PROG_CXX}
 OBJS+=  ${SRCS:N*.h:R:S/$/.o/g}
 
 .if target(beforelinking)
-${PROG}: ${OBJS} beforelinking
-.else
-${PROG}: ${OBJS}
+${PROG}: beforelinking
 .endif
+${PROG}: ${OBJS}
 .if defined(PROG_CXX)
 	${CXX} ${CXXFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -o ${.TARGET} ${OBJS} ${LDADD}
 .else
@@ -76,10 +75,9 @@ SRCS=	${PROG}.c
 OBJS=	${PROG}.o
 
 .if target(beforelinking)
-${PROG}: ${OBJS} beforelinking
-.else
-${PROG}: ${OBJS}
+${PROG}: beforelinking
 .endif
+${PROG}: ${OBJS}
 .if defined(PROG_CXX)
 	${CXX} ${CXXFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -o ${.TARGET} ${OBJS} ${LDADD}
 .else
@@ -90,7 +88,7 @@ ${PROG}: ${OBJS}
 .endif
 .endif
 
-.endif
+.endif # !defined(SRCS)
 
 .if	${MK_MAN} != "no" && !defined(MAN) && \
 	!defined(MAN1) && !defined(MAN2) && !defined(MAN3) && \
@@ -100,7 +98,7 @@ ${PROG}: ${OBJS}
 MAN=	${PROG}.1
 MAN1=	${MAN}
 .endif
-.endif
+.endif # defined(PROG)
 
 all: objwarn ${PROG} ${SCRIPTS}
 .if ${MK_MAN} != "no"