diff --git a/build/tasks/apicheck.mk b/build/tasks/apicheck.mk
index 6b2c85b..ee6f35c 100644
--- a/build/tasks/apicheck.mk
+++ b/build/tasks/apicheck.mk
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 # (See lineage-sdk/Android.mk)
 # we need to add api-stubs as additional dependency of the api check.
 
-$(INTERNAL_LINEAGE_PLATFORM_API_FILE): lineage-api-stubs-docs
+$(INTERNAL_LINEAGE_PLATFORM_API_FILE):
 
 # Check that the API we're building hasn't broken the last-released
 # SDK version.
diff --git a/build/tasks/kernel.mk b/build/tasks/kernel.mk
index 3ba45a0..a199eb2 100644
--- a/build/tasks/kernel.mk
+++ b/build/tasks/kernel.mk
@@ -211,8 +211,7 @@
 $(call internal-make-kernel-target,$(PRODUCT_OUT)/dtbo,$(1))
 endef
 
-.PHONY: force_additional_config
-$(KERNEL_ADDITIONAL_CONFIG_OUT): force_additional_config
+$(KERNEL_ADDITIONAL_CONFIG_OUT):
 	$(hide) cmp -s $(KERNEL_ADDITIONAL_CONFIG_SRC) $@ || cp $(KERNEL_ADDITIONAL_CONFIG_SRC) $@;
 
 $(KERNEL_CONFIG): $(KERNEL_DEFCONFIG_SRC) $(KERNEL_ADDITIONAL_CONFIG_OUT)
@@ -232,8 +231,7 @@
 			$(call make-kernel-target,KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=$(KERNEL_OUT)/.config alldefconfig); \
 		fi
 
-.PHONY: TARGET_KERNEL_BINARIES
-TARGET_KERNEL_BINARIES: $(KERNEL_CONFIG)
+$(TARGET_PREBUILT_INT_KERNEL): $(KERNEL_CONFIG)
 	@echo "Building Kernel"
 	$(call make-kernel-target,$(BOARD_KERNEL_IMAGE_NAME))
 	$(hide) if grep -q '^CONFIG_OF=y' $(KERNEL_CONFIG); then \
@@ -258,9 +256,7 @@
 			($(call build-image-kernel-modules,$$modules,$(KERNEL_MODULES_OUT),$(KERNEL_MODULE_MOUNTPOINT)/,$(KERNEL_DEPMOD_STAGING_DIR))); \
 		fi
 
-$(TARGET_KERNEL_MODULES): TARGET_KERNEL_BINARIES
-
-$(TARGET_PREBUILT_INT_KERNEL): $(TARGET_KERNEL_MODULES)
+$(TARGET_KERNEL_MODULES): $(TARGET_PREBUILT_INT_KERNEL)
 
 .PHONY: kerneltags
 kerneltags: $(KERNEL_CONFIG)
@@ -306,7 +302,7 @@
 ALL_PREBUILT += $(INSTALLED_DTBOIMAGE_TARGET)
 
 .PHONY: kernel
-kernel: $(INSTALLED_KERNEL_TARGET)
+kernel: $(INSTALLED_KERNEL_TARGET) $(TARGET_KERNEL_MODULES)
 
 .PHONY: dtboimage
 dtboimage: $(INSTALLED_DTBOIMAGE_TARGET)