diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fa2fbf0903..433261a85e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2017-02-06  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* math/Makefile (before-compile): Remove.
+
 2017-02-06  Ivo Raisr <ivo.raisr@oracle.com>
 
 	[BZ #21075]
diff --git a/math/Makefile b/math/Makefile
index 0ee46480e2..dd3b05ab48 100644
--- a/math/Makefile
+++ b/math/Makefile
@@ -210,9 +210,6 @@ extra-test-objs += $(addsuffix .o, $(libm-vec-test-wrappers))
 libm-tests-generated = libm-test-ulps.h libm-have-vector-test.h libm-test.c
 generated += $(libm-tests-generated) libm-test.stmp
 
-# This is needed for dependencies
-before-compile += $(objpfx)libm-test.c
-
 ulps-file = $(firstword $(wildcard $(sysdirs:%=%/libm-test-ulps)))
 
 $(addprefix $(objpfx), $(libm-tests-generated)): $(objpfx)libm-test.stmp