diff --git a/stand/arm/Makefile b/stand/arm/Makefile
index 1d12d9831658..7ff21abcc9b8 100644
--- a/stand/arm/Makefile
+++ b/stand/arm/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
+NO_OBJ=t
+
 SUBDIR=		uboot
 
 .include <bsd.subdir.mk>
diff --git a/stand/defs.mk b/stand/defs.mk
index dd165ff9f06b..9dcf32b4da7b 100644
--- a/stand/defs.mk
+++ b/stand/defs.mk
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ CLEANFILES+=${_ILINKS}
 
 all: ${PROG}
 
+.if !defined(NO_OBJ)
 beforedepend: ${_ILINKS}
 beforebuild: ${_ILINKS}
 
@@ -190,5 +191,5 @@ ${_ILINKS}:
 	path=`(cd $$path && /bin/pwd)` ; \
 	${ECHO} ${.TARGET:T} "->" $$path ; \
 	ln -fhs $$path ${.TARGET:T}
-
+.endif
 .endif # __BOOT_DEFS_MK__
diff --git a/stand/efi/Makefile b/stand/efi/Makefile
index e3b22de4a99a..ee1abfd583a4 100644
--- a/stand/efi/Makefile
+++ b/stand/efi/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
+NO_OBJ=t
+
 .include <bsd.init.mk>
 
 # In-tree GCC does not support __attribute__((ms_abi)), but gcc newer
diff --git a/stand/forth/Makefile b/stand/forth/Makefile
index 3d79dc1716c2..acb5842b8989 100644
--- a/stand/forth/Makefile
+++ b/stand/forth/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
+NO_OBJ=t
+
 .include <bsd.init.mk>
 
 MAN+=	beastie.4th.8 \
diff --git a/stand/i386/Makefile b/stand/i386/Makefile
index 9a1663abab07..a67088b68213 100644
--- a/stand/i386/Makefile
+++ b/stand/i386/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
+NO_OBJ=t
+
 .include <bsd.init.mk>
 
 SUBDIR=		mbr pmbr boot0 boot0sio btx boot2 cdboot gptboot \
diff --git a/stand/mips/Makefile b/stand/mips/Makefile
index 760c557d92d1..90341b2f7e50 100644
--- a/stand/mips/Makefile
+++ b/stand/mips/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
+NO_OBJ=t
+
 SUBDIR= 	uboot
 
 #
diff --git a/stand/powerpc/Makefile b/stand/powerpc/Makefile
index c8bbb17e2f06..09b2bfe8715f 100644
--- a/stand/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/stand/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
+NO_OBJ=t
+
 .include <bsd.init.mk>
 
 SUBDIR=		boot1.chrp ofw uboot
diff --git a/stand/sparc64/Makefile b/stand/sparc64/Makefile
index 6a81a0580d5f..3c6e2bf85c9c 100644
--- a/stand/sparc64/Makefile
+++ b/stand/sparc64/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
+NO_OBJ=t
+
 .include <bsd.init.mk>
 
 SUBDIR=	boot1 loader