diff --git a/package/rules.mk b/package/rules.mk
index 2d379006c..a0cdd1e31 100644
--- a/package/rules.mk
+++ b/package/rules.mk
@@ -239,6 +239,3 @@ else
 	@$(MAKE) clean-targets
 	rm -rf $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)
 endif
-
-.PHONY: FORCE
-FORCE:
diff --git a/rules.mk b/rules.mk
index d94a81844..0e7dd2e04 100644
--- a/rules.mk
+++ b/rules.mk
@@ -132,3 +132,7 @@ IPKG_STATE_DIR := $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/ipkg
 RSTRIP:=STRIP="$(STRIP)" $(SCRIPT_DIR)/rstrip.sh
 RSTRIP_KMOD:=STRIP="$(TARGET_CROSS)strip --strip-unneeded --remove-section=.comment" $(SCRIPT_DIR)/rstrip.sh
 
+
+all:
+.PHONY: FORCE
+FORCE: