diff --git a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gcc/target.inc b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gcc/target.inc
index db827437e2..4badf84808 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gcc/target.inc
+++ b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gcc/target.inc
@@ -48,14 +48,6 @@ CXXFLAGS += -fpermissive
 
 LDFLAGS += -L$(PWD)
 
-.SECONDARY: dummy_libs
-dummy_libs: libc.a
-
-libc.a:
-	$(VERBOSE)$(AR) -rc $@
-
-Makefile: dummy_libs
-
 LIBS  += libc libm posix stdcxx
 
 include $(call select_from_repositories,mk/noux.mk)
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gdb/target.inc b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gdb/target.inc
index 964f4488af..71855eb517 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gdb/target.inc
+++ b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gdb/target.inc
@@ -18,12 +18,4 @@ MAKE_ENV += "MAKEINFO=true"
 
 INSTALL_TARGET = install
 
-.SECONDARY: dummy_libs
-dummy_libs: libgmp.a
-
-libgmp.a:
-	$(VERBOSE)$(AR) -rc $@
-
-Makefile: dummy_libs
-
 include $(call select_from_repositories,mk/noux.mk)
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gdb_arm/target.mk b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gdb_arm/target.mk
index 16734dc63e..5cce5996c7 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gdb_arm/target.mk
+++ b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gdb_arm/target.mk
@@ -9,12 +9,4 @@ GDB_TARGET     = arm-none-eabi
 
 LDFLAGS += -L$(PWD)
 
-.SECONDARY: dummy_libs
-dummy_libs: libm.a
-
-libm.a:
-	$(VERBOSE)$(AR) -rc $@
-
-Makefile: dummy_libs
-
 include $(PRG_DIR)/../gdb/target.inc
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/less/target.mk b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/less/target.mk
index 96a897dc42..2063d45de3 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/less/target.mk
+++ b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/less/target.mk
@@ -2,18 +2,6 @@ TARGET = less
 
 LIBS   = ncurses
 
-#
-# Make the ncurses linking test succeed and copy the actual Makefile
-#
-Makefile: dummy_libs
-
-LDFLAGS += -L$(PWD)
-
-dummy_libs: libncursesw.a
-
-libncursesw.a:
-	$(VERBOSE)$(AR) -rc $@
-
 INSTALL_TARGET = install
 
 include $(call select_from_repositories,mk/noux.mk)
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/vim/target.inc b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/vim/target.inc
index 497ba4831c..996403bc3b 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/vim/target.inc
+++ b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/vim/target.inc
@@ -45,17 +45,3 @@ mirror_vim_src.tag:
 flush_config_cache.tag:
 	$(VERBOSE)rm -f $(PWD)/src/auto/config.cache
 	@touch $@
-
-#
-# Make the ncurses linking test succeed
-#
-Makefile: dummy_libs
-
-LDFLAGS += -L$(PWD)
-
-.SECONDARY: dummy_libs
-dummy_libs: libncurses.a
-
-libncurses.a:
-	$(VERBOSE)$(AR) -rc $@
-