diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index cd6eb1ee9edb7108b7e4ea550ca70e2029b25f0a..0d4cabd6953ed2e0ba0bef83f6d17c4598993902 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -970,14 +970,14 @@ devel/upload: devel/upload.in $(REPLACE_VARS_SED)
 	sed -f $(REPLACE_VARS_SED) < $< > $@
 	chmod u+x $@
 
-daemons/%: daemons/%.in $(REPLACE_VARS_SED)
+daemons/%:: daemons/%.in $(REPLACE_VARS_SED)
 	sed -f $(REPLACE_VARS_SED) < $< > $@
 	chmod +x $@
 
-doc/examples/%: doc/examples/%.in $(REPLACE_VARS_SED)
+doc/examples/%:: doc/examples/%.in $(REPLACE_VARS_SED)
 	sed -f $(REPLACE_VARS_SED) < $< > $@
 
-doc/examples/hooks/%: doc/examples/hooks/%.in $(REPLACE_VARS_SED)
+doc/examples/hooks/%:: doc/examples/hooks/%.in $(REPLACE_VARS_SED)
 	sed -f $(REPLACE_VARS_SED) < $< > $@
 
 doc/examples/bash_completion: $(BUILD_BASH_COMPLETION) $(RUN_IN_TEMPDIR) \