diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index fb1b785534..90d507806a 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -1211,14 +1211,9 @@ builtin_binary.inc: $(PREP) $(BUILTIN_RB_SRCS) $(srcdir)/template/builtin_binary
 
 $(BUILTIN_RB_INCS): $(top_srcdir)/tool/mk_builtin_loader.rb
 
-$(srcdir)/revision.h:
-$(srcdir)/revision.h$(gnumake:yes=-nongnumake):
-	$(Q)$(RM) $(@F)
-	$(NULLCMD) > $(@F)
+$(srcdir)/revision.h: $(REVISION_H)
 
-revision.tmp::
-	$(Q) $(NULLCMD) > $@
-revision.$(HAVE_BASERUBY:yes=tmp):: $(srcdir)/version.h $(tooldir)/file2lastrev.rb $(REVISION_FORCE)
+revision.tmp:: $(srcdir)/version.h $(tooldir)/file2lastrev.rb $(REVISION_FORCE)
 	$(Q) $(BASERUBY) $(tooldir)/file2lastrev.rb -q --revision.h --srcdir="$(srcdir)" > $@
 
 $(REVISION_H): revision.tmp
diff --git a/defs/gmake.mk b/defs/gmake.mk
index c593c1c033..cebb181fd1 100644
--- a/defs/gmake.mk
+++ b/defs/gmake.mk
@@ -383,19 +383,6 @@ $(UNICODE_SRC_DATA_DIR)/.unicode-tables.time: \
 	$(UNICODE_FILES) $(UNICODE_PROPERTY_FILES)
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(wildcard $(srcdir)/revision.h),)
-REVISION_IN_HEADER := none
-REVISION_LATEST := update
-else
-REVISION_IN_HEADER := $(shell sed -n 's/^\#define RUBY_FULL_REVISION "\(.*\)"/\1/p' $(srcdir)/revision.h 2>/dev/null)
-REVISION_LATEST := $(shell $(CHDIR) $(srcdir) && $(GIT) log -1 --format=%H 2>/dev/null)
-endif
-ifneq ($(REVISION_IN_HEADER),$(REVISION_LATEST))
-# GNU make treat the target as unmodified when its dependents get
-# updated but it is not updated, while others may not.
-$(srcdir)/revision.h: $(REVISION_H)
-endif
-
 include $(top_srcdir)/yjit/yjit.mk
 
 # Query on the generated rdoc
diff --git a/win32/Makefile.sub b/win32/Makefile.sub
index e802b80968..361af556cd 100644
--- a/win32/Makefile.sub
+++ b/win32/Makefile.sub
@@ -1244,8 +1244,6 @@ $(RCFILES): $(RBCONFIG) $(srcdir)/revision.h $(srcdir)/win32/resource.rb
 			-so_name=$(RUBY_SO_NAME) \
 			. $(icondirs) $(win_srcdir)
 
-$(srcdir)/revision.h: $(REVISION_H)
-
 update-benchmark-driver:
 	$(GIT) clone https://github.com/benchmark-driver/benchmark-driver $(srcdir)/benchmark/benchmark-driver || \
 	  $(GIT) -C $(srcdir)/benchmark/benchmark-driver pull origin master