diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 3ae7fbf8f..153b71ae8 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -714,10 +714,10 @@ TAGS: $(C_SOURCES) $(PL_SOURCES) $(HEADERS)
 
 depend: $(HEADERS) $(C_SOURCES)
 	-@if test "$(GCC)" = yes; then\
-	  $(CC) -MM $(CFLAGS) -I$(srcdir)/include $(C_SOURCES) > depend;\
+	  $(CC) -MM $(CFLAGS) -I$(srcdir)/include $(C_SOURCES) >> Makefile;\
 	else\
           makedepend -f - -- $(CFLAGS) -I$(srcdir)/include -- $(C_SOURCES) |\
-          sed 's|.*/\([^:]*\):|\1:|' > depend ;\
+          sed 's|.*/\([^:]*\):|\1:|' >> Makefile ;\
 	fi
 
 clean: clean_docs
@@ -823,4 +823,3 @@ installcheck:
 
 # DO NOT DELETE THIS LINE -- make depend depends on it.
 
-include depend
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f23fd8f3d..fc934b9cf 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -16736,7 +16736,7 @@ mkdir -p  packages/ProbLog
 mkdir -p  packages/ProbLog/simplecudd
 mkdir -p  packages/sgml
 
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files .depend"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files depend"
 
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile"
 
@@ -17357,7 +17357,7 @@ for ac_config_target in $ac_config_targets
 do
   case $ac_config_target in
     "config.h") CONFIG_HEADERS="$CONFIG_HEADERS config.h" ;;
-    ".depend") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES .depend" ;;
+    "depend") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES depend" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
     "GPL/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES GPL/Makefile" ;;
     "library/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES library/Makefile" ;;
@@ -18046,5 +18046,3 @@ if test "$no_create" != yes; then
 fi
 
 
-make depend
-(cd packages/PLStream; make depend; cd ../..)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d5f69bd06..ed1f65b87 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ mkdir -p  packages/ProbLog
 mkdir -p  packages/ProbLog/simplecudd
 mkdir -p  packages/sgml
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([.depend])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([depend])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([GPL/Makefile])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([library/Makefile])
@@ -1597,5 +1597,3 @@ fi
 
 AC_OUTPUT()
 
-make depend
-(cd packages/PLStream; make depend; cd ../..)
diff --git a/depend.in b/depend.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f28afcfc..000000000
--- a/depend.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# File to be used by "make depend"
diff --git a/packages/PLStream/Makefile.in b/packages/PLStream/Makefile.in
index b1d075625..efd03dc51 100644
--- a/packages/PLStream/Makefile.in
+++ b/packages/PLStream/Makefile.in
@@ -118,10 +118,8 @@ clean:
 
 depend: $(HEADERS) $(C_SOURCES)
 	-@if test "$(GCC)" = yes; then\
-	  $(CC) -MM -MG $(CFLAGS) -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/../../include -I$(srcdir)/../../H $(C_SOURCES) > depend;\
+	  $(CC) -MM -MG $(CFLAGS) -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/../../include -I$(srcdir)/../../H $(C_SOURCES) >> Makefile;\
 	else\
           makedepend -f - -- $(CFLAGS) -I$(srcdir)/../../H -I$(srcdir)/../../include -- $(C_SOURCES) |\
-          sed 's|.*/\([^:]*\):|\1:|' > .depend ;\
+          sed 's|.*/\([^:]*\):|\1:|' >> Makefile ;\
 	fi
-
-include depend
diff --git a/packages/PLStream/depend.in b/packages/PLStream/depend.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f28afcfc..000000000
--- a/packages/PLStream/depend.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# File to be used by "make depend"