diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index be0f90ce92..15ee7e0de2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -135,8 +135,7 @@ TEXTURE_FILES_OUT := $(foreach f,$(TEXTURE_FILES_RGBA32:.rgba32.png=.rgba32.inc.
 					 $(foreach f,$(TEXTURE_FILES_CI8:.ci8.png=.ci8.inc.c),build/$f) \
 
 # create build directories
-$(shell mkdir -p build/baserom)
-$(foreach dir,$(SRC_DIRS) $(ASM_DIRS) $(TEXTURE_DIRS) $(ASSET_BIN_DIRS),$(shell mkdir -p build/$(dir)))
+$(shell mkdir -p build/baserom $(foreach dir,$(SRC_DIRS) $(ASM_DIRS) $(TEXTURE_DIRS) $(ASSET_BIN_DIRS),build/$(dir)))
 
 build/src/libultra_boot_O1/%.o: OPTFLAGS := -O1
 build/src/libultra_boot_O2/%.o: OPTFLAGS := -O2
@@ -283,4 +282,4 @@ build/%.ci8.inc.c: %.ci8.png
 
 build/assets/%.bin.inc.c: assets/%.bin
 	python3 tools/touchasset.py $(addsuffix basefile.txt, $(dir $@))
-	$(ZAP2) bblb -i $< -o $@
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+	$(ZAP2) bblb -i $< -o $@