diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f7ace3186a8..15e05a5d87a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7135,14 +7135,14 @@ $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/gen_legal_metadata_characters: openssl_dep_error
 
 else
 
-$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/gen_legal_metadata_characters: $(GEN_LEGAL_METADATA_CHARACTERS_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/gen_legal_metadata_characters: $(GEN_LEGAL_METADATA_CHARACTERS_OBJS)
 	$(E) "[LD]      Linking $@"
 	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
-	$(Q) $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(GEN_LEGAL_METADATA_CHARACTERS_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_SECURE) -o $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/gen_legal_metadata_characters
+	$(Q) $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(GEN_LEGAL_METADATA_CHARACTERS_OBJS) $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_SECURE) -o $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/gen_legal_metadata_characters
 
 endif
 
-$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/tools/codegen/core/gen_legal_metadata_characters.o:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/tools/codegen/core/gen_legal_metadata_characters.o: 
 deps_gen_legal_metadata_characters: $(GEN_LEGAL_METADATA_CHARACTERS_OBJS:.o=.dep)
 
 ifneq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
diff --git a/build.json b/build.json
index c6a670970ba..b784fe3303a 100644
--- a/build.json
+++ b/build.json
@@ -1150,8 +1150,7 @@
       "src": [
         "tools/codegen/core/gen_legal_metadata_characters.c"
       ],
-      "deps": [
-      ]
+      "deps": []
     },
     {
       "name": "gpr_cmdline_test",
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/jobset.py b/tools/run_tests/jobset.py
index 538deac0e3e..d0e3fc4eb37 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/jobset.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/jobset.py
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ class Job(object):
     for k, v in add_env.iteritems():
       env[k] = v
     self._start = time.time()
+    print spec.cmdline
     self._process = subprocess.Popen(args=spec.cmdline,
                                      stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
                                      stdout=self._tempfile,
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json b/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
index 142c84901da..aa22f0f1594 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
@@ -238,10 +238,7 @@
     ]
   }, 
   {
-    "deps": [
-      "gpr", 
-      "grpc"
-    ], 
+    "deps": [], 
     "headers": [], 
     "language": "c", 
     "name": "gen_legal_metadata_characters", 
diff --git a/vsprojects/Grpc.mak b/vsprojects/Grpc.mak
index 3d853d9c760..9eede74b088 100644
--- a/vsprojects/Grpc.mak
+++ b/vsprojects/Grpc.mak
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ gen_hpack_tables: gen_hpack_tables.exe
 	echo Running gen_hpack_tables
 	$(OUT_DIR)\gen_hpack_tables.exe
 
-gen_legal_metadata_characters.exe: build_gpr build_grpc $(OUT_DIR)
+gen_legal_metadata_characters.exe: $(OUT_DIR)
 	echo Building gen_legal_metadata_characters
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) /Fo:$(OUT_DIR)\ $(REPO_ROOT)\tools\codegen\core\gen_legal_metadata_characters.c 
-	$(LINK) $(LFLAGS) /OUT:"$(OUT_DIR)\gen_legal_metadata_characters.exe" Debug\gpr.lib Debug\grpc.lib $(LIBS) $(OUT_DIR)\gen_legal_metadata_characters.obj 
+	$(LINK) $(LFLAGS) /OUT:"$(OUT_DIR)\gen_legal_metadata_characters.exe" $(LIBS) $(OUT_DIR)\gen_legal_metadata_characters.obj 
 gen_legal_metadata_characters: gen_legal_metadata_characters.exe
 	echo Running gen_legal_metadata_characters
 	$(OUT_DIR)\gen_legal_metadata_characters.exe