diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 86fd833feb..63253398a2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ fi
 
 gcc_flags="-Wold-style-declaration -Wold-style-definition -Wtype-limits"
 gcc_flags="-Wformat-security -Wformat-y2k -Winit-self -Wignored-qualifiers $gcc_flags"
-gcc_flags="-Wmissing-include-dirs -Wempty-body -Wnested-externs $gcc_flags"
+gcc_flags="-Wno-missing-include-dirs -Wempty-body -Wnested-externs $gcc_flags"
 gcc_flags="-Wendif-labels -Wno-shift-negative-value $gcc_flags"
 gcc_flags="-Wno-initializer-overrides $gcc_flags"
 gcc_flags="-Wno-string-plus-int $gcc_flags"
diff --git a/rules.mak b/rules.mak
index 575a3afdff..83d6dd1dae 100644
--- a/rules.mak
+++ b/rules.mak
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ define unnest-vars
                 $(eval $(o:%.mo=%$(DSOSUF)): module-common.o $($o-objs)),
                 $(error $o added in $v but $o-objs is not set)))
         $(shell mkdir -p ./ $(sort $(dir $($v))))
-        $(shell cd $(BUILD_DIR) && mkdir -p ./ $(sort $(dir $($v))))
         # Include all the .d files
         $(eval -include $(patsubst %.o,%.d,$(patsubst %.mo,%.d,$($v))))
         $(eval $v := $(filter-out %/,$($v))))