diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index f56fc71ddcf5..a85f2e355c96 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -1425,11 +1425,13 @@ _vtfontcvt=	usr.bin/vtfontcvt
 _sed=		usr.bin/sed
 .endif
 
-.if ${BOOTSTRAPPING} < 1000002
+.if ${BOOTSTRAPPING} < 1000033
 _libopenbsd=	lib/libopenbsd
 _m4=		usr.bin/m4
+_lex=		usr.bin/lex
 
 ${_bt}-usr.bin/m4: ${_bt}-lib/libopenbsd
+${_bt}-usr.bin/lex: ${_bt}-usr.bin/m4
 .endif
 
 .if ${BOOTSTRAPPING} < 1000026
@@ -1443,12 +1445,6 @@ ${_bt}-usr.sbin/nmtree: ${_bt}-lib/libnetbsd
 _cat=		bin/cat
 .endif
 
-.if ${BOOTSTRAPPING} < 1000033
-_lex=		usr.bin/lex
-
-${_bt}-usr.bin/lex: ${_bt}-usr.bin/m4
-.endif
-
 # r277259 crunchide: Correct 64-bit section header offset
 # r281674 crunchide: always include both 32- and 64-bit ELF support
 # r285986 crunchen: use STRIPBIN rather than STRIP