diff --git a/src/actions/make/make_cpp.lua b/src/actions/make/make_cpp.lua
index 88e75019..14abb515 100644
--- a/src/actions/make/make_cpp.lua
+++ b/src/actions/make/make_cpp.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
---
+	--
 -- make_cpp.lua
 -- Generate a C/C++ project makefile.
 -- Copyright (c) 2002-2013 Jason Perkins and the Premake project
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
 		_p('\t@echo $(notdir $<)')
 
 		local cmd = iif(prj.language == "C", "$(CC) -x c-header $(ALL_CFLAGS)", "$(CXX) -x c++-header $(ALL_CXXFLAGS)")
-		_p('\t$(SILENT) %s -MMD -MP $(DEFINES) $(INCLUDES) -o "$@" -MF "$(@:%%.gch=%%.d)" -c "$<"', cmd)
+		_p('\t$(SILENT) %s -o "$@" -MF "$(@:%%.gch=%%.d)" -c "$<"', cmd)
 
 		_p('endif')
 		_p('')
diff --git a/tests/actions/make/cpp/test_make_pch.lua b/tests/actions/make/cpp/test_make_pch.lua
index ebe35c8b..07bd2708 100644
--- a/tests/actions/make/cpp/test_make_pch.lua
+++ b/tests/actions/make/cpp/test_make_pch.lua
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ ifneq (,$(PCH))
 .NOTPARALLEL: $(GCH) $(PCH)
 $(GCH): $(PCH)
 	@echo $(notdir $<)
-	$(SILENT) $(CXX) -x c++-header $(ALL_CXXFLAGS) -MMD -MP $(DEFINES) $(INCLUDES) -o "$@" -MF "$(@:%.gch=%.d)" -c "$<"
+	$(SILENT) $(CXX) -x c++-header $(ALL_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -MF "$(@:%.gch=%.d)" -c "$<"
 endif
 		]]
 	end
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ ifneq (,$(PCH))
 .NOTPARALLEL: $(GCH) $(PCH)
 $(GCH): $(PCH)
 	@echo $(notdir $<)
-	$(SILENT) $(CC) -x c-header $(ALL_CFLAGS) -MMD -MP $(DEFINES) $(INCLUDES) -o "$@" -MF "$(@:%.gch=%.d)" -c "$<"
+	$(SILENT) $(CC) -x c-header $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o "$@" -MF "$(@:%.gch=%.d)" -c "$<"
 endif
 		]]
 	end