diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index c3942e307..1ad8b25fc 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # Auto-configuring Makefile for the Netwide Assembler.
 
 @SET_MAKE@
+export MAKE
 
 PACKAGE_NAME    = @PACKAGE_NAME@
 PACKAGE_TARNAME = @PACKAGE_TARNAME@
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.in b/doc/Makefile.in
index 8fdfdeb69..68716340c 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/Makefile.in
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 # UNIX Makefile for NASM documentation
 #
 
-@SET_MAKE@
-
 PACKAGE_NAME    = @PACKAGE_NAME@
 PACKAGE_TARNAME = @PACKAGE_TARNAME@
 
diff --git a/misc/Makefile.in b/misc/Makefile.in
index 09a0c6439..ceed03a2e 100644
--- a/misc/Makefile.in
+++ b/misc/Makefile.in
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 # Makefile for various extra NASM programs and files
 #
 
-@SET_MAKE@
-
 top_srcdir	= @top_srcdir@
 srcdir		= @srcdir@
 top_objdir	= @top_builddir@
diff --git a/test/Makefile.in b/test/Makefile.in
index 36aeed6fd..9914fb423 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.in
+++ b/test/Makefile.in
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-@SET_MAKE@
-
 .SUFFIXES: .bin .bin16 .bin32 .bin64 .o .o64 .aout .aoutb .obj .obj64 \
 	   .mo32 .mo64 .dbg .i .od .ox .ith .srec .exe .lst \
 	   .asm .pl