diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index b8bc5cfa3b..d0902c7434 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2018-07-09  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
+
+	* Makefile.in (%.c: %.y): Use ECHO_YACC.
+	(%.c: %.l): Use ECHO_LEX.  Just fail if flex not available.
+	* silent-rules.mk (ECHO_YACC, ECHO_LEX): New variables.
+
 2018-07-09  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
 
 	* Makefile.in (ALLDEPFILES): Remove exec.c.
diff --git a/gdb/Makefile.in b/gdb/Makefile.in
index 047d06b612..36d2c44a2a 100644
--- a/gdb/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/Makefile.in
@@ -2477,9 +2477,9 @@ po/$(PACKAGE).pot: force
 # Makefile.in, but that was a pretty big annoyance.
 
 %.c: %.y
-	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $< y.tab.c $@.tmp -- $(YACC) $(YFLAGS) \
-		|| (rm -f $@.tmp; false)
-	sed -e '/extern.*malloc/d' \
+	$(ECHO_YACC) $(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $< y.tab.c $@.tmp -- \
+		$(YACC) $(YFLAGS) || (rm -f $@.tmp; false)
+	@sed -e '/extern.*malloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*realloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*free/d' \
 	     -e '/include.*malloc.h/d' \
@@ -2493,8 +2493,7 @@ po/$(PACKAGE).pot: force
 	  rm -f $@.tmp && \
 	  mv $@.new $@
 %.c: %.l
-	if [ "$(FLEX)" ] && $(FLEX) --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
-	    $(FLEX) -t $<  \
+	$(ECHO_LEX) $(FLEX) -t $<  \
 	    | sed -e '/extern.*malloc/d' \
 	        -e '/extern.*realloc/d' \
 	        -e '/extern.*free/d' \
@@ -2505,13 +2504,7 @@ po/$(PACKAGE).pot: force
 	        -e 's/\([ \t;,(]\)free$$/\1xfree/g' \
 		-e 's/yy_flex_xrealloc/yyxrealloc/g' \
 	      > $@.new && \
-	    mv $@.new $@; \
-	elif [ -f $@ ]; then \
-	    echo "Warning: $*.c older than $*.l and flex not available."; \
-	else \
-	    echo "$@ missing and flex not available."; \
-	    false; \
-	fi
+	    mv $@.new $@
 
 .PRECIOUS: ada-lex.c
 
diff --git a/gdb/silent-rules.mk b/gdb/silent-rules.mk
index ade77ad1c5..7ed73a767c 100644
--- a/gdb/silent-rules.mk
+++ b/gdb/silent-rules.mk
@@ -11,5 +11,7 @@ ECHO_GEN_XML_BUILTIN_GENERATED = \
               @echo "  GEN    xml-builtin-generated.c";
 ECHO_INIT_C =  echo "  GEN    init.c" ||
 ECHO_SIGN =   @echo "  SIGN   gdb";
+ECHO_YACC =   @echo "  YACC   $@";
+ECHO_LEX  =   @echo "  LEX    $@";
 SILENCE = @
 endif