@echo '*** Warning: make $@ is unnecessary now.'
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-quiet_cmd_cpp_lds = LDS     $@
-cmd_cpp_lds = $(CPP) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(cpp_flags) $(LDPPFLAGS) -ansi \
-               -D__ASSEMBLY__ -x assembler-with-cpp -P -o $@ $<
+define filechk_ubootlds
+       ($(CPP) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(cpp_flags) $(LDPPFLAGS) -ansi \
+               -D__ASSEMBLY__ -x assembler-with-cpp -P -o - -)
+endef
 
 u-boot.lds: $(LDSCRIPT) prepare FORCE
-       $(call if_changed_dep,cpp_lds)
+       $(call filechk,ubootlds)
 
 PHONY += nand_spl
 nand_spl: prepare