diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 07ba3d107c..3d17a1c3e4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ depend dep: .depend .vhookdep
 	$(MAKE-$(CONFIG_AVFILTER)) -C libavfilter depend
 
 .depend: $(SRCS) version.h
-	$(CC) -MM $(CFLAGS) $(filter-out %.h,$^) 1>.depend
+	$(CC) -MM $(CFLAGS) $(filter-out %.h,$^) > .depend
 
 # gcc stupidly only outputs the basename of targets with -MM
 .vhookdep: $(ALLHOOKS_SRCS) version.h
diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index 46cac9f6d8..b73861944a 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ checkheaders: $(filter-out %_template.ho,$(ALLHEADERS:.h=.ho))
 
 # gcc stupidly only outputs the basename of targets with -MM
 depend dep: $(SRCS)
-	$(CC) -MM $(CFLAGS) $^ | sed 's,[0-9a-z._-]*: \([a-z0-9]*/\).*,\1&,' 1>.depend
+	$(CC) -MM $(CFLAGS) $^ | sed 's,[0-9a-z._-]*: \([a-z0-9]*/\).*,\1&,' > .depend
 
 clean::
 	rm -f *.o *~ *.a *.lib *.so *.so.* *.dylib *.dll \