diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e85e21773..65f7d4412 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ advice: $(GOCC)
 
 binary: build
 
-build: tools web $(GOPATH)
+build: tools $(GOPATH)
 	$(GO) build -o prometheus $(BUILDFLAGS) .
 
 docker: build
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ tag:
 $(BUILD_PATH)/cache/$(GOPKG):
 	$(CURL) -o $@ -L $(GOURL)/$(GOPKG)
 
-benchmark: dependencies tools web
+benchmark: dependencies tools
 	$(GO) test $(GO_TEST_FLAGS) -test.run='NONE' -test.bench='.*' -test.benchmem ./... | tee benchmark.txt
 
 clean:
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ race_condition_run: race_condition_binary
 search_index:
 	godoc -index -write_index -index_files='search_index'
 
-test: dependencies tools web
+test: dependencies tools
 	$(GO) test $(GO_TEST_FLAGS) ./...
 
 tools: dependencies
diff --git a/web/Makefile b/web/Makefile
index cb26654b1..8928ef0d3 100644
--- a/web/Makefile
+++ b/web/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ blob/files.go: go-bindata $(shell find blob/templates/ blob/static/ -type f)
 	$(GO) generate ./blob
 
 go-bindata:
-	$(GO) get -u github.com/jteeuwen/go-bindata/...
+	$(GO) get github.com/jteeuwen/go-bindata/...
 
 .PHONY: go-bindata