diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.crunchgen.mk b/share/mk/bsd.crunchgen.mk
index 1e60d81fffd4..6d775ce9af05 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.crunchgen.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.crunchgen.mk
@@ -122,10 +122,8 @@ ${OUTPUTS}: ${CONF}
 	    ${CRUNCHGEN} -fq -m ${OUTMK} -c ${OUTC} ${CONF}
 	# Avoid redundantly calling 'make objs' which we've done by our
 	# own dependencies.
-	# Also avoid unneeded 'make depend' call.
 	sed -i '' \
 	    -e "s/^\(${PROG}:.*\) \$$(SUBMAKE_TARGETS)/\1/" \
-	    -e '/$$(CRUNCHMAKE) $$(BUILDOPTS).* \<depend\> &&.*/d' \
 	    ${OUTMK}
 
 # These 2 targets cannot use .MAKE since they depend on the generated