diff --git a/mk/paths.mk b/mk/paths.mk
index d28b4215397473a1c9d19e004f82dc57505a6d6b..11668e94808855f62d3c5675b11b1a14661f83b1 100644
--- a/mk/paths.mk
+++ b/mk/paths.mk
@@ -99,17 +99,7 @@ INSTALL_DIR     = $(FPTOOLS_TOP)/glafp-utils/mkdirhier/mkdirhier
 
 SRCS=$(wildcard *.lhs *.hs *.c *.lc *.prl *.lprl *.lit *.verb)
 
-HS_SRCS=$(filter %.lhs %.hs %.hc,$(SRCS))
-#
-# Do not include BOOT_SRCS in the HS_SRCS defn above,
-# since this will make HS_SRCS always be non-empty,
-# which breaks rules like `depend'. Price is that
-# you have to define BOOT_SRCS before including
-# boilerplate.mk
-#
-ifneq "$(BOOT_SRCS)" ""
-HS_SRCS+=$(BOOT_SRCS)
-endif
+HS_SRCS=$(filter %.lhs %.hs %.hc,$(SRCS) $(BOOT_SRCS))
 HS_OBJS=$(addsuffix .$(way_)o,$(basename $(HS_SRCS)))
 HS_IFACES=$(addsuffix .$(way_)hi,$(basename $(HS_SRCS)))