diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a1434b1bd9..cf8f48a476 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Makefile for QEMU.
 
-GENERATED_HEADERS = config-host.h trace.h
+GENERATED_HEADERS = config-host.h trace.h qemu-options.def
 
 ifneq ($(wildcard config-host.mak),)
 # Put the all: rule here so that config-host.mak can contain dependencies.
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ build-all: $(DOCS) $(TOOLS) recurse-all
 
 config-host.h: config-host.h-timestamp
 config-host.h-timestamp: config-host.mak
+qemu-options.def: qemu-options.hx
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"  GEN   $@")
 
 SUBDIR_RULES=$(patsubst %,subdir-%, $(TARGET_DIRS))
 
@@ -150,6 +152,7 @@ check-qjson: check-qjson.o qfloat.o qint.o qdict.o qstring.o qlist.o qbool.o qjs
 clean:
 # avoid old build problems by removing potentially incorrect old files
 	rm -f config.mak op-i386.h opc-i386.h gen-op-i386.h op-arm.h opc-arm.h gen-op-arm.h
+	rm -f qemu-options.def
 	rm -f *.o *.d *.a $(TOOLS) TAGS cscope.* *.pod *~ */*~
 	rm -f slirp/*.o slirp/*.d audio/*.o audio/*.d block/*.o block/*.d net/*.o net/*.d fsdev/*.o fsdev/*.d ui/*.o ui/*.d
 	rm -f qemu-img-cmds.h
@@ -157,11 +160,11 @@ clean:
 	$(MAKE) -C tests clean
 	for d in $(ALL_SUBDIRS) libhw32 libhw64 libuser libdis libdis-user; do \
 	if test -d $$d; then $(MAKE) -C $$d $@ || exit 1; fi; \
+	rm -f $$d/qemu-options.def; \
         done
 
 distclean: clean
 	rm -f config-host.mak config-host.h* config-host.ld $(DOCS) qemu-options.texi qemu-img-cmds.texi qemu-monitor.texi
-	rm -f qemu-options.def
 	rm -f config-all-devices.mak
 	rm -f roms/seabios/config.mak roms/vgabios/config.mak
 	rm -f qemu-doc.info qemu-doc.aux qemu-doc.cp qemu-doc.dvi qemu-doc.fn qemu-doc.info qemu-doc.ky qemu-doc.log qemu-doc.pdf qemu-doc.pg qemu-doc.toc qemu-doc.tp qemu-doc.vr
diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index f07fb01bc3..231219c050 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -285,10 +285,3 @@ vl.o: QEMU_CFLAGS+=$(GPROF_CFLAGS)
 
 vl.o: QEMU_CFLAGS+=$(SDL_CFLAGS)
 
-vl.o: qemu-options.def
-os-posix.o: qemu-options.def
-os-win32.o: qemu-options.def
-
-qemu-options.def: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-options.hx
-	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
-