diff --git a/config/CONFIG_BASE b/config/CONFIG_BASE
index 54acc4429..36deed437 100644
--- a/config/CONFIG_BASE
+++ b/config/CONFIG_BASE
@@ -49,23 +49,3 @@ endif
 
 EPICS_BASE = $(INSTALL_LOCATION)
 
-#
-# this speeds up the build by turning off implicit rules search
-# for EPICS Makefiles (which are not created from other files)
-#
-.PHONY:: $(EPICS_BASE)/config/CONFIG DEPENDS
-.PHONY:: $(EPICS_BASE)/config/CONFIG_SITE.$(BUILD_TYPE).$(T_A)
-.PHONY:: $(EPICS_BASE)/config/CONFIG_SITE.$(BUILD_TYPE).$(HOST_ARCH)
-.PHONY:: $(EPICS_BASE)/config/CONFIG_SITE.$(BUILD_TYPE)
-.PHONY:: $(EPICS_BASE)/config/CONFIG_SITE.Host.UnixCommon
-
-.PHONY:: $(EPICS_BASE)/config/RULES.$(BUILD_TYPE)
-.PHONY:: $(EPICS_BASE)/config/RULES_*
-
-.PHONY:: $(HOME)/EPICS_CONFIG
-.PHONY:: $(HOME)/EPICS_CONFIG.$(BUILD_TYPE) $(HOME)/EPICS_CONFIG.$(HOST_ARCH)
-.PHONY:: $(HOME)/EPICS_CONFIG.$(BUILD_TYPE).$(T_A)
-.PHONY:: $(HOME)/EPICS_CONFIG.$(BUILD_TYPE).$(HOST_ARCH)
-.PHONY:: $(HOME)/EPICS_CONFIG_HOST_ARCH.$(HOST_ARCH)
-
-.PHONY:: ../Makefile.* Makefile