diff --git a/examples/jsonl/makefile b/examples/jsonl/makefile
index 715e4688..99b72b8b 100644
--- a/examples/jsonl/makefile
+++ b/examples/jsonl/makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 default: build
 
 .PHONY: all
-all: generate default
+all: default
 
 .PHONY: build
 build:
diff --git a/go/grpc/makefile b/go/grpc/makefile
index bb933812..8accfc84 100644
--- a/go/grpc/makefile
+++ b/go/grpc/makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ TEF_PROTO_FILES := $(wildcard ./proto/*.proto)
 default: test
 
 .PHONY: all
-all: genproto test
+all: test
 
 .PHONY: genproto
 genproto:
diff --git a/java/makefile b/java/makefile
index 3ecc6fee..4399c7cc 100644
--- a/java/makefile
+++ b/java/makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ PROTO_FLAGS := -I$(PROTO_DIR) --java_out=$(OUT_DIR) --grpc-java_out=$(OUT_DIR)
 
 .PHONY: all generate clean
 
-all: generate
+all:
 
 # Main code generation target
 generate: $(JAVA_FILES)