diff --git a/e2fsprogs/Makefile.in b/e2fsprogs/Makefile.in
index 21d45e1..b5995a9 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/Makefile.in
+++ b/e2fsprogs/Makefile.in
@@ -26,28 +26,28 @@
 E2FSPROGS_CFLAGS := -I$(srcdir) -include $(srcdir)/e2fsbb.h
 
 BLKID_SRC   := cache.c dev.c devname.c devno.c blkid_getsize.c \
-	       probe.c read.c resolve.c save.c tag.c resolve.c
+               probe.c read.c resolve.c save.c tag.c resolve.c
 BLKID_SRCS  := $(patsubst %,blkid/%, $(BLKID_SRC))
 BLKID_OBJS  := $(patsubst %.c,%.o, $(BLKID_SRCS))
 
 E2P_SRC     := fgetsetflags.c fgetsetversion.c pf.c iod.c mntopts.c \
-	       feature.c ls.c uuid.c pe.c ostype.c ps.c hashstr.c \
-	       parse_num.c
+               feature.c ls.c uuid.c pe.c ostype.c ps.c hashstr.c \
+               parse_num.c
 E2P_SRCS    := $(patsubst %,e2p/%, $(E2P_SRC))
 E2P_OBJS    := $(patsubst %.c,%.o, $(E2P_SRCS))
 
 EXT2FS_SRC  := gen_bitmap.c bitops.c ismounted.c mkjournal.c unix_io.c \
-	       rw_bitmaps.c initialize.c bitmaps.c block.c \
-	       ind_block.c inode.c freefs.c alloc_stats.c closefs.c \
-	       openfs.c io_manager.c finddev.c read_bb.c alloc.c badblocks.c \
-	       getsize.c getsectsize.c alloc_tables.c read_bb_file.c mkdir.c \
-	       bb_inode.c newdir.c alloc_sb.c lookup.c dirblock.c expanddir.c \
-	       dir_iterate.c link.c res_gdt.c
+               rw_bitmaps.c initialize.c bitmaps.c block.c \
+               ind_block.c inode.c freefs.c alloc_stats.c closefs.c \
+               openfs.c io_manager.c finddev.c read_bb.c alloc.c badblocks.c \
+               getsize.c getsectsize.c alloc_tables.c read_bb_file.c mkdir.c \
+               bb_inode.c newdir.c alloc_sb.c lookup.c dirblock.c expanddir.c \
+               dir_iterate.c link.c res_gdt.c
 EXT2FS_SRCS := $(patsubst %,ext2fs/%, $(EXT2FS_SRC))
 EXT2FS_OBJS := $(patsubst %.c,%.o, $(EXT2FS_SRCS))
 
 UUID_SRC    := compare.c gen_uuid.c pack.c parse.c unpack.c unparse.c \
-	       uuid_time.c
+               uuid_time.c
 UUID_SRCS   := $(patsubst %,uuid/%, $(UUID_SRC))
 UUID_OBJS   := $(patsubst %.c,%.o, $(UUID_SRCS))
 
@@ -63,7 +63,5 @@
 $(E2FSPROGS_DIR)$(E2FSPROGS_AR): $(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)%, $(E2FSPROGS-y))
 	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)%, $(E2FSPROGS-y))
 
-# for e2p/*: check if the dir exists, dude
 $(E2FSPROGS_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-	@[ -d $(@D) ] || mkdir -v $(@D)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(E2FSPROGS_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<