diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index cd386297ed..8c8dfe3dcf 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -816,14 +816,14 @@ if WITH_LIBVIRTD
 if LIBVIRT_INIT_SCRIPT_RED_HAT
 initdir = $(sysconfdir)/rc.d/init.d
 
-install-init:: $(SYSVINIT_FILES) install-sysconfig
+install-init: $(SYSVINIT_FILES) install-sysconfig
 	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(initdir)
 	for f in $(SYSVINIT_FILES:%.init=%) ; \
 	do \
 	  $(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $$f.init $(DESTDIR)$(initdir)/$$f; \
 	done
 
-uninstall-init:: uninstall-sysconfig
+uninstall-init: uninstall-sysconfig
 	rm -f $(SYSVINIT_FILES:%.init=$(DESTDIR)$(initdir)/%)
 	rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(initdir) || :
 
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ install-data-local: $(INSTALL_DATA_LOCAL) \
 	$(MKDIR_P) "$(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/lib/libvirt/filesystems"
 	$(MKDIR_P) "$(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/lib/libvirt/boot"
 
-uninstall-local:: $(UNINSTALL_LOCAL) \
+uninstall-local: $(UNINSTALL_LOCAL) \
 		$(INSTALL_DATA_DIRS:%=uninstall-data-%)
 	rmdir "$(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/cache/libvirt" ||:
 	rmdir "$(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/lib/libvirt/images" ||:
diff --git a/src/remote/Makefile.inc.am b/src/remote/Makefile.inc.am
index 0988435eed..3d0ff29548 100644
--- a/src/remote/Makefile.inc.am
+++ b/src/remote/Makefile.inc.am
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ polkitdir = $(datadir)/polkit-1
 polkitactionsdir = $(polkitdir)/actions
 polkitrulesdir = $(polkitdir)/rules.d
 
-install-polkit::
+install-polkit:
 	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(polkitactionsdir)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/remote/libvirtd.policy \
 		$(DESTDIR)$(polkitactionsdir)/org.libvirt.unix.policy
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ install-polkit::
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/remote/libvirtd.rules \
 		$(DESTDIR)$(polkitrulesdir)/50-libvirt.rules
 
-uninstall-polkit::
+uninstall-polkit:
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(polkitactionsdir)/org.libvirt.unix.policy
 	rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(polkitactionsdir) || :
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(polkitrulesdir)/50-libvirt.rules