diff --git a/extra/libelf/build b/extra/libelf/build
index 65476650..e5a6c820 100755
--- a/extra/libelf/build
+++ b/extra/libelf/build
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ sh ./configure \
     --disable-nls \
     ac_cv_c99=yes # Override check for Clang.
 
-# Skip the default make target and build only what we need.
-make -C lib
-make -C libelf
-make -C libelf DESTDIR="$1" install
-make -C doc    DESTDIR="$1" install-man3
+# Utility functions that need argp and fts, not strictly necessary
+# for the library to function
+:>libdwfl/argp-std.c
+:>libdwfl/linux-kernel-modules.c
 
-mkdir -p "$1/usr/lib/pkgconfig"
-cp -f config/libelf.pc "$1/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libelf.pc"
+# Useless stuff
+printf '%s\n' "all:" "install:" > src/Makefile
+
+make
+make DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/extra/libelf/version b/extra/libelf/version
index 877b5e29..61410990 100644
--- a/extra/libelf/version
+++ b/extra/libelf/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.189 1
+0.189 2