diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6334f635927c..d70f89b65935 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -81,9 +81,10 @@ BITGTS:=${BITGTS} ${BITGTS:S/^/build/} ${BITGTS:S/^/install/}
 PATH=	/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
 MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX?=	/usr/obj
 MAKEPATH=	${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/make.${MACHINE}
-_MAKE=	PATH=${PATH} \
+BINMAKE=	PATH=${PATH} \
 	`if [ -x ${MAKEPATH}/make ]; then echo ${MAKEPATH}/make; else echo ${MAKE}; fi` \
-	-m ${.CURDIR}/share/mk -f Makefile.inc1
+	-m ${.CURDIR}/share/mk
+_MAKE=	${BINMAKE} -f Makefile.inc1
 
 #
 # Handle the user-driven targets, using the source relative mk files.
diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index 7f29afe03168..97d24861bb12 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -652,18 +652,18 @@ _groff=		gnu/usr.bin/groff/tmac
 .endif
 .endif
 
-.if ( ${BOOTSTRAPPING} < 450005 || \
-    ( ${BOOTSTRAPPING} >= 500000 && ${BOOTSTRAPPING} < 500034 ))
+.if ${BOOTSTRAPPING} < 450005 || \
+    ${BOOTSTRAPPING} >= 500000 && ${BOOTSTRAPPING} < 500034
 _uudecode=	usr.bin/uudecode
 .endif
 
-.if ( ${BOOTSTRAPPING} < 430002 || \
-    ( ${BOOTSTRAPPING} >= 500000 && ${BOOTSTRAPPING} < 500019 ))
+.if ${BOOTSTRAPPING} < 430002 || \
+    ${BOOTSTRAPPING} >= 500000 && ${BOOTSTRAPPING} < 500019
 _xargs=		usr.bin/xargs
 .endif
 
-.if ( ${BOOTSTRAPPING} < 430002 || \
-    ( ${BOOTSTRAPPING} >= 500000 && ${BOOTSTRAPPING} < 500018 ))
+.if ${BOOTSTRAPPING} < 430002 || \
+    ${BOOTSTRAPPING} >= 500000 && ${BOOTSTRAPPING} < 500018
 _yacc=		usr.bin/yacc
 .endif
 
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ _btxld=		usr.sbin/btxld
 
 .if (exists(${.CURDIR}/rescue) && defined(RESCUE) || \
     defined(RELEASEDIR)) && \
-    ( ${TARGET_ARCH} != ${MACHINE_ARCH} || ${BOOTSTRAPPING} < 501101 )
+    (${TARGET_ARCH} != ${MACHINE_ARCH} || ${BOOTSTRAPPING} < 501101)
 _crunchide=	usr.sbin/crunch/crunchide
 .endif
 
diff --git a/release/Makefile b/release/Makefile
index e52704f1f6a7..d19cfb90b029 100644
--- a/release/Makefile
+++ b/release/Makefile
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ TARGET?=	${MACHINE}
 .else
 TARGET?=	${TARGET_ARCH}
 .endif
-CROSSMAKE=	${MAKE} TARGET_ARCH=${TARGET_ARCH} TARGET=${TARGET}
+CROSSENV=	TARGET_ARCH=${TARGET_ARCH} TARGET=${TARGET}
+CROSSMAKE=	${MAKE} ${CROSSENV}
 NATIVEMAKE=	${MAKE} TARGET_ARCH=${MACHINE_ARCH} TARGET=${MACHINE}
 
 # If you are using a local CVS repository with components stored in 
@@ -297,8 +298,10 @@ BOOTABLE="-b"
 DOCREL= doc.1 doc.2
 .endif
 
-WMAKEENV!=	cd ${.CURDIR}/..; ${CROSSMAKE} -f Makefile.inc1 -V WMAKEENV
-WMAKE=		${WMAKEENV} ${MAKE} -m ${.CURDIR}/../share/mk
+BINMAKE!=	cd ${.CURDIR}/..; ${MAKE} -V BINMAKE
+WMAKEENV!=	cd ${.CURDIR}/..; \
+		${BINMAKE} ${CROSSENV} -f Makefile.inc1 -V WMAKEENV
+WMAKE=		${WMAKEENV} ${BINMAKE}
 
 CVS_SRCARGS=	-P
 .if defined(RELEASETAG)
@@ -564,8 +567,7 @@ release.5:
 	cd ${j}_crunch; ${WMAKEENV} crunchgen -o ${.CURDIR}/${j}_crunch.conf
 .endif
 	cd ${j}_crunch; ${WMAKE} -f ${j}_crunch.mk subclean
-	cd ${.CURDIR}/..; ${MAKE} -m ${.CURDIR}/../share/mk -f Makefile.inc1 \
-	    _build-tools
+	cd ${.CURDIR}/..; ${BINMAKE} _build-tools
 	cd ${j}_crunch; ${WMAKE} -f ${j}_crunch.mk \
 	    CFLAGS="-Os -pipe" -DNO_CPU_CFLAGS all
 	${WMAKEENV} strip -R .comment ${j}_crunch/${j}_crunch