diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 4ca77cc0f284..b28b61042fa8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -204,21 +204,20 @@ export PERL_PATH
 FLEX = $(CROSS_COMPILE)flex
 BISON= $(CROSS_COMPILE)bison
 
-event-parser:
-	$(QUIET_BISON)$(BISON) -v util/parse-events.y -d -o $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-bison.c
+$(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-flex.c: util/parse-events.l
 	$(QUIET_FLEX)$(FLEX) --header-file=$(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-flex.h -t util/parse-events.l > $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-flex.c
 
-$(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-flex.c: event-parser
-$(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-bison.c: event-parser
+$(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-bison.c: util/parse-events.y
+	$(QUIET_BISON)$(BISON) -v util/parse-events.y -d -o $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-bison.c
 
-pmu-parser:
-	$(QUIET_BISON)$(BISON) -v util/pmu.y -d -o $(OUTPUT)util/pmu-bison.c
+$(OUTPUT)util/pmu-flex.c: util/pmu.l
 	$(QUIET_FLEX)$(FLEX) --header-file=$(OUTPUT)util/pmu-flex.h -t util/pmu.l > $(OUTPUT)util/pmu-flex.c
 
-$(OUTPUT)util/pmu-flex.c: pmu-parser
-$(OUTPUT)util/pmu-bison.c: pmu-parser
+$(OUTPUT)util/pmu-bison.c: util/pmu.y
+	$(QUIET_BISON)$(BISON) -v util/pmu.y -d -o $(OUTPUT)util/pmu-bison.c
 
-$(OUTPUT)util/parse-events.o: event-parser pmu-parser
+$(OUTPUT)util/parse-events.o: $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-flex.c $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-bison.c
+$(OUTPUT)util/pmu.o: $(OUTPUT)util/pmu-flex.c $(OUTPUT)util/pmu-bison.c
 
 LIB_FILE=$(OUTPUT)libperf.a
 
@@ -807,8 +806,6 @@ help:
 	@echo '  html		- make html documentation'
 	@echo '  info		- make GNU info documentation (access with info <foo>)'
 	@echo '  pdf		- make pdf documentation'
-	@echo '  event-parser	- make event parser code'
-	@echo '  pmu-parser	- make pmu format parser code'
 	@echo '  TAGS		- use etags to make tag information for source browsing'
 	@echo '  tags		- use ctags to make tag information for source browsing'
 	@echo '  cscope	- use cscope to make interactive browsing database'