diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index 3fbf1a7629..b5ccadbe6e 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ HOSTCFLAGS += $(IFLAGS)
 # so this saves some time on slow systems.
 .SUFFIXES:
 
-# Do not delete intermediate files from chains of implicit rules
-$(OBJS):
 endif
 
 OBJS-$(HAVE_MMX) +=  $(MMX-OBJS-yes)