diff --git a/android/android.make b/android/android.make
index 56b650a7af..f319bb9507 100644
--- a/android/android.make
+++ b/android/android.make
@@ -124,7 +124,11 @@ $(KEYSTORE):
 		-storepass android -keypass android -validity 365 \
 		-dname "CN=Android Debug,O=Android,C=US"
 
+ifdef NODEPS
+$(APK): $(TEMP_APK) $(KEYSTORE)
+else
 $(APK): $(TEMP_APK) $(BUILDDIR)/rockbox.zip $(KEYSTORE)
+endif
 	$(SILENT)rm -f $@
 	$(call PRINTS,SIGN $(subst $(BUILDDIR)/,,$@))jarsigner \
 		-keystore "$(KEYSTORE)" -storepass "android" -keypass "android" \
diff --git a/tools/root.make b/tools/root.make
index a54d77891a..f97588f158 100644
--- a/tools/root.make
+++ b/tools/root.make
@@ -260,7 +260,11 @@ fontzip:
 
 zip: $(BUILDDIR)/rockbox.zip
 
+ifdef NODEPS
+$(BUILDDIR)/rockbox.zip:
+else
 $(BUILDDIR)/rockbox.zip: build
+endif
 	$(SILENT)$(TOOLSDIR)/buildzip.pl $(VERBOSEOPT) --app=$(APPLICATION) -m \"$(MODELNAME)\" -i \"$(TARGET_ID)\"  -r "$(ROOTDIR)" --rbdir="$(RBDIR)" $(TARGET) $(BINARY)
 
 mapzip: