diff --git a/ocamltest/dune b/ocamltest/dune
index ff6cb8308..36a44a2e2 100644
--- a/ocamltest/dune
+++ b/ocamltest/dune
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@
 
 (rule
  (targets ocamltest_config.ml)
- (deps ../Makefile.config ../Makefile.common ../Makefile.best_binaries Makefile
+ (deps ../Makefile.config ../Makefile.build_config
+       ../Makefile.common ../Makefile.best_binaries
+       Makefile
        ./ocamltest_config.ml.in ./getocamloptdefaultflags)
- (action (run make %{targets})))
+ (action (run make %{targets} COMPUTE_DEPS=false)))
 
 ;; FIXME: handle UNIX_OR_WIN32 or something similar
 (library
diff --git a/runtime/dune b/runtime/dune
index 4b9c50af1..6d1e5f9d1 100644
--- a/runtime/dune
+++ b/runtime/dune
@@ -16,28 +16,32 @@
  (targets primitives)
  (mode    fallback)
  (deps    alloc.c array.c compare.c extern.c floats.c gc_ctrl.c hash.c intern.c
-          interp.c ints.c io.c lexing.c md5.c meta.c obj.c parsing.c signals.c
-          str.c sys.c callback.c weak.c finalise.c stacks.c dynlink.c
-          backtrace_byt.c backtrace.c spacetime_byt.c afl.c bigarray.c)
+            interp.c ints.c io.c
+          lexing.c md5.c meta.c memprof.c obj.c parsing.c signals.c str.c sys.c
+            callback.c weak.c
+          finalise.c stacks.c dynlink.c backtrace_byt.c backtrace.c
+            spacetime_byt.c afl.c
+          bigarray.c eventlog.c)
  (action  (with-stdout-to %{targets} (run %{dep:gen_primitives.sh}))))
 
 (rule
  (targets libcamlrun.a)
  (mode    fallback)
- (deps    ../Makefile.config ../Makefile.common Makefile
+ (deps    ../Makefile.config ../Makefile.build_config
+          ../Makefile.common Makefile
           (glob_files caml/*.h)
           interp.c misc.c stacks.c fix_code.c startup_aux.c startup_byt.c
           freelist.c major_gc.c minor_gc.c memory.c alloc.c roots_byt.c
           globroots.c fail_byt.c signals.c signals_byt.c printexc.c
           backtrace_byt.c backtrace.c compare.c ints.c floats.c str.c array.c
-          io.c extern.c intern.c hash.c sys.c meta.c parsing.c gc_ctrl.c md5.c
-          obj.c lexing.c callback.c debugger.c weak.c compact.c finalise.c
+          io.c extern.c intern.c hash.c sys.c meta.c parsing.c gc_ctrl.c eventlog.c
+          md5.c obj.c lexing.c callback.c debugger.c weak.c compact.c finalise.c
           custom.c dynlink.c spacetime_byt.c afl.c unix.c win32.c bigarray.c
           main.c memprof.c domain.c)
  (action
    (progn
      (bash "touch .depend") ; hack.
-     (run make %{targets})
+     (run make %{targets} COMPUTE_DEPS=false)
      (bash "rm .depend"))))
 
 ;; HACK
diff --git a/utils/dune b/utils/dune
index 39c76af33..de234e73a 100644
--- a/utils/dune
+++ b/utils/dune
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  (mode    fallback)
  (deps    (:mk Makefile)
           ../Makefile.config
+          ; for now the utils Makefile does not use build_config
           config.mlp)
  (action  (system "make -f %{mk} %{targets}")))