# to regenerate the autoconf.mk file.
 $(obj)include/autoconf.mk.dep: $(obj)include/config.h include/common.h
        @$(XECHO) Generating $@ ; \
-       set -e ; \
        : Generate the dependancies ; \
        $(CC) -x c -DDO_DEPS_ONLY -M $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) \
-               -MQ $(obj)include/autoconf.mk include/common.h > $@
+               -MQ $(obj)include/autoconf.mk include/common.h > $@ || \
+               rm $@
 
 $(obj)include/autoconf.mk: $(obj)include/config.h
        @$(XECHO) Generating $@ ; \
-       set -e ; \
        : Extract the config macros ; \
-       $(CPP) $(CFLAGS) -DDO_DEPS_ONLY -dM include/common.h | \
-               sed -n -f tools/scripts/define2mk.sed > $@.tmp && \
-       mv $@.tmp $@
+       $(CPP) $(CFLAGS) -DDO_DEPS_ONLY -dM include/common.h > $@.tmp && \
+               sed -n -f tools/scripts/define2mk.sed $@.tmp > $@; \
+       rm $@.tmp
 
 # Auto-generate the spl-autoconf.mk file (which is included by all makefiles for SPL)
 $(obj)include/tpl-autoconf.mk: $(obj)include/config.h
        @$(XECHO) Generating $@ ; \
-       set -e ; \
        : Extract the config macros ; \
        $(CPP) $(CFLAGS) -DCONFIG_TPL_BUILD  -DCONFIG_SPL_BUILD\
-                       -DDO_DEPS_ONLY -dM include/common.h | \
-       sed -n -f tools/scripts/define2mk.sed > $@.tmp && \
-       mv $@.tmp $@
+                       -DDO_DEPS_ONLY -dM include/common.h > $@.tmp && \
+               sed -n -f tools/scripts/define2mk.sed $@.tmp > $@; \
+       rm $@.tmp
 
 $(obj)include/spl-autoconf.mk: $(obj)include/config.h
        @$(XECHO) Generating $@ ; \
-       set -e ; \
        : Extract the config macros ; \
-       $(CPP) $(CFLAGS) -DCONFIG_SPL_BUILD -DDO_DEPS_ONLY -dM include/common.h | \
-       sed -n -f tools/scripts/define2mk.sed > $@.tmp && \
-       mv $@.tmp $@
+       $(CPP) $(CFLAGS) -DCONFIG_SPL_BUILD -DDO_DEPS_ONLY -dM include/common.h > $@.tmp && \
+               sed -n -f tools/scripts/define2mk.sed $@.tmp > $@; \
+       rm $@.tmp
 
 $(obj)include/generated/generic-asm-offsets.h: $(obj)include/autoconf.mk.dep \
        $(obj)include/spl-autoconf.mk \