diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f06d751eb12075330db41b00f9db45bf701cc3e4..84947d0f9642d03c9d4a35c57b525cdba98bcfde 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -404,14 +404,8 @@ $(TIMESTAMP_FILE):
 		@LC_ALL=C date +'#define U_BOOT_DATE "%b %d %C%y"' > $@
 		@LC_ALL=C date +'#define U_BOOT_TIME "%T"' >> $@
 
-gdbtools:
-		$(MAKE) -C tools/gdb all || exit 1
-
 updater:
-		$(MAKE) -C tools/updater all || exit 1
-
-env:
-		$(MAKE) -C tools/env all MTD_VERSION=${MTD_VERSION} || exit 1
+		$(MAKE) -C tools/updater all
 
 # Explicitly make _depend in subdirs containing multiple targets to prevent
 # parallel sub-makes creating .depend files simultaneously.
@@ -466,17 +460,22 @@ $(obj)include/autoconf.mk: $(obj)include/config.h
 else	# !config.mk
 all $(obj)u-boot.hex $(obj)u-boot.srec $(obj)u-boot.bin \
 $(obj)u-boot.img $(obj)u-boot.dis $(obj)u-boot \
-$(filter-out tools,$(SUBDIRS)) $(TIMESTAMP_FILE) $(VERSION_FILE) gdbtools \
-updater env depend dep tags ctags etags cscope $(obj)System.map:
+$(filter-out tools,$(SUBDIRS)) $(TIMESTAMP_FILE) $(VERSION_FILE) \
+updater depend dep tags ctags etags cscope $(obj)System.map:
 	@echo "System not configured - see README" >&2
 	@ exit 1
 
 tools:
-	$(MAKE) -C tools
-tools-all:
-	$(MAKE) -C tools HOST_TOOLS_ALL=y
+	$(MAKE) -C $@ all
 endif	# config.mk
 
+easylogo env gdb:
+	$(MAKE) -C tools/$@ all MTD_VERSION=${MTD_VERSION}
+gdbtools: gdb
+
+tools-all: easylogo env gdb
+	$(MAKE) -C tools HOST_TOOLS_ALL=y
+
 .PHONY : CHANGELOG
 CHANGELOG:
 	git log --no-merges U-Boot-1_1_5.. | \