diff --git a/str/Makefile b/str/Makefile
index c04f6bf..031e407 100644
--- a/str/Makefile
+++ b/str/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,15 @@
-all: str
+RM = rm -f
+TARGETS = str
+
+all: $(TARGETS)
+
+str: %.c
+	$(CC) -o $@ $@.c
 
 clean:
-	rm -rf ../dist/str ../dist/str.tar ../dist/str.tar.gz str
-
-dist: ../dist/str.tar.gz
+	$(RM) $(TARGETS)
 
 sane: str.c ../include/sysexits.h
 	$(CC) -DDONT_USE_SYSTEM_SYSEXITS -o str str.c
 
-str: str.c
-	$(CC) -o str str.c
-
-../dist/str: str
-	mkdir -p ../dist/str.tmp/bin/ ../dist/str.tmp/share/man/man1/
-	cp str ../dist/str.tmp/bin/str
-	cp str.1 ../dist/str.tmp/share/man/man1/str.1
-	mv ../dist/str.tmp ../dist/str
-
-../dist/str.tar: ../dist/str
-	cd ../dist/str && pax -w -x ustar . >../str.tar.tmp
-	mv ../dist/str.tar.tmp ../dist/str.tar
-
-../dist/str.tar.gz: ../dist/str.tar
-	gzip -c <../dist/str.tar >../dist/str.tar.gz.tmp
-	mv ../dist/str.tar.gz.tmp ../dist/str.tar.gz
-
 .PHONY: all clean sane