diff --git a/server/Makefile-flash-att b/server/Makefile-flash-att
index 918543ab..ad894bfa 100644
--- a/server/Makefile-flash-att
+++ b/server/Makefile-flash-att
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ flash-attention:
 	pip install packaging
 	git clone https://github.com/HazyResearch/flash-attention.git
 
-build-flash-attention:
+build-flash-attention: flash-attention
 	cd flash-attention && git fetch && git checkout $(flash_att_commit)
 	cd flash-attention && python setup.py build
 	cd flash-attention/csrc/rotary && python setup.py build
 	cd flash-attention/csrc/layer_norm && python setup.py build
 
-install-flash-attention: flash-attention build-flash-attention
+install-flash-attention: build-flash-attention
 	pip uninstall flash_attn rotary_emb dropout_layer_norm -y || true
 	cd flash-attention && python setup.py install && cd csrc/layer_norm && python setup.py install && cd ../rotary && python setup.py install
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diff --git a/server/Makefile-transformers b/server/Makefile-transformers
index 0c54a28f..692a9374 100644
--- a/server/Makefile-transformers
+++ b/server/Makefile-transformers
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ transformers:
 	pip install --upgrade setuptools
 	git clone https://github.com/OlivierDehaene/transformers.git
 
-build-transformers:
+build-transformers: transformers
 	cd transformers && git fetch && git checkout $(transformers_commit) && python setup.py build
 
-install-transformers: transformers build-transformers
+install-transformers: build-transformers
 	pip uninstall transformers -y || true
 	cd transformers && python setup.py install
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