diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/mingw_make.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/mingw_make.cpp
index e3d76cd76e..8d5a9a7d0f 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/mingw_make.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/mingw_make.cpp
@@ -308,13 +308,13 @@ void MingwMakefileGenerator::writeBuildRulesPart(QTextStream &t)
 {
     t << "first: all\n";
     t << "all: " << escapeDependencyPath(fileFixify(Option::output.fileName()))
-      << ' ' << depVar("ALL_DEPS");
+      << ' ' << depVar("ALL_DEPS") << " $(DESTDIR_TARGET)\n\n";
+    t << "$(DESTDIR_TARGET): " << depVar("PRE_TARGETDEPS") << " $(OBJECTS) " << depVar("POST_TARGETDEPS");
     if (project->first("TEMPLATE") == "aux") {
         t << "\n\n";
         return;
     }
-    t << " $(DESTDIR_TARGET)\n\n";
-    t << "$(DESTDIR_TARGET): " << depVar("PRE_TARGETDEPS") << " $(OBJECTS) " << depVar("POST_TARGETDEPS");
+
     if(!project->isEmpty("QMAKE_PRE_LINK"))
         t << "\n\t" <<var("QMAKE_PRE_LINK");
     if(project->isActiveConfig("staticlib") && project->first("TEMPLATE") == "lib") {
diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp
index c3ac097a98..746746b9f6 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp
@@ -549,13 +549,12 @@ void NmakeMakefileGenerator::writeBuildRulesPart(QTextStream &t)
 
     t << "first: all\n";
     t << "all: " << escapeDependencyPath(fileFixify(Option::output.fileName()))
-      << ' ' << depVar("ALL_DEPS");
+      << ' ' << depVar("ALL_DEPS") << " $(DESTDIR_TARGET)\n\n";
+    t << "$(DESTDIR_TARGET): " << depVar("PRE_TARGETDEPS") << " $(OBJECTS) " << depVar("POST_TARGETDEPS");
     if (templateName == "aux") {
         t << "\n\n";
         return;
     }
-    t << " $(DESTDIR_TARGET)\n\n";
-    t << "$(DESTDIR_TARGET): " << depVar("PRE_TARGETDEPS") << " $(OBJECTS) " << depVar("POST_TARGETDEPS");
 
     if(!project->isEmpty("QMAKE_PRE_LINK"))
         t << "\n\t" <<var("QMAKE_PRE_LINK");
diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
index 68f0e4fe54..21f7580c73 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ Win32MakefileGenerator::findLibraries(bool linkPrl, bool mergeLflags)
 
 void Win32MakefileGenerator::processVars()
 {
+    if (project->first("TEMPLATE").endsWith("aux"))
+        return;
+
     project->values("QMAKE_ORIG_TARGET") = project->values("TARGET");
     if (project->isEmpty("QMAKE_PROJECT_NAME"))
         project->values("QMAKE_PROJECT_NAME") = project->values("QMAKE_ORIG_TARGET");