diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bc013f3..264b039 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 *.o
 eventfd
 pipes
+af_inet_loopback
+af_unix
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dd81526..be101a2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 # Public domain Makefile template derived from
 #   http://jingram.sdf.org/2014/11/09/a-makefile-template-for-simple-c-projects.html
 
-.DEFAULT_GOAL = all
+all:
 
 PROGS := pipes eventfd af_unix af_inet_loopback
-SRCS := $(addsuffix .c, $(PROGS)) main.c
 
 CC := cc
 CFLAGS := -std=gnu11 -Wall -Wextra -Werror -MMD
 LDFLAGS :=
+LDLIBS := $(obj-common)
+obj-common = main.o
 
-$(PROGS): $(addsuffix .o, $@) main.o
+$(PROGS): $(obj-common)
 
-OBJS = $(SRCS:.c=.o)
-DEPS = $(SRCS:.c=.d)
+DEPS = $(PROGS:=.d) $(obj-common:.o=.d)
 
 .PHONY: all
 all: $(PROGS)
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ all: $(PROGS)
 
 .PHONY: clean cleaner
 clean:
-	rm -f $(OBJS) $(DEPS)
+	rm -f $(DEPS) $(obj-common)
 
 cleaner: clean
-	rm -rf $(PROGS)
+	rm -f $(PROGS)