diff --git a/make/buildsystem-helpers.mk b/make/buildsystem-helpers.mk
index 8e2ebe08..a81a90de 100644
--- a/make/buildsystem-helpers.mk
+++ b/make/buildsystem-helpers.mk
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ endef
 define TARGET_FOLLOWUP
 	@$(call MESSAGE,"Follow-up build")
 	$(foreach hook,$($(PKG)_PRE_FOLLOWUP_HOOKS),$(call $(hook))$(sep))
-	$(REWRITE_CONFIG_SCRIPTS)
-	$(REWRITE_LIBTOOL)
+	$(call REWRITE_CONFIG_SCRIPTS)
+	$(call REWRITE_LIBTOOL)
 	$(REMOVE)/$($(PKG)_DIR)
 	$(foreach hook,$($(PKG)_TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS),$(call $(hook))$(sep))
 	$(foreach hook,$($(PKG)_POST_FOLLOWUP_HOOKS),$(call $(hook))$(sep))
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ REWRITE_LIBTOOL_RULES = "s,^libdir=.*,libdir='$(1)',; \
 REWRITE_LIBTOOL_TAG = rewritten=1
 
 define rewrite_libtool # (libdir)
-	@#$(call MESSAGE,"Fixing libtool files in $(subst $(TARGET_DIR)/,,$(1))")
 	$(Q)( \
 	for la in $$(find $(1) -name "*.la" -type f); do \
 		if ! grep -q "$(REWRITE_LIBTOOL_TAG)" $${la}; then \
@@ -246,8 +245,10 @@ define rewrite_libtool # (libdir)
 endef
 
 # rewrite libtool libraries automatically
-REWRITE_LIBTOOL = $(foreach libdir,$(TARGET_base_libdir) $(TARGET_libdir),\
-			$(call rewrite_libtool,$(libdir))$(sep))
+define REWRITE_LIBTOOL
+	$(foreach libdir,$(TARGET_base_libdir) $(TARGET_libdir),\
+		$(call rewrite_libtool,$(libdir))$(sep))
+endef
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -266,8 +267,10 @@ define rewrite_config_script # (config-script)
 endef
 
 # rewrite config scripts automatically
-REWRITE_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = $(foreach config_script,$($(PKG)_CONFIG_SCRIPTS),\
-				$(call rewrite_config_script,$(config_script))$(sep))
+define REWRITE_CONFIG_SCRIPTS
+	$(foreach config_script,$($(PKG)_CONFIG_SCRIPTS),
+		$(call rewrite_config_script,$(config_script))$(sep))
+endef
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/make/target-libs-static.mk b/make/target-libs-static.mk
index 6fe451fc..e6bacc81 100644
--- a/make/target-libs-static.mk
+++ b/make/target-libs-static.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ endif
 
 libs-static: $(LIBS-STATIC) | $(TARGET_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL_COPY) $(STATIC_DIR)/. $(TARGET_DIR)/
-	$(REWRITE_LIBTOOL)
+	$(call REWRITE_LIBTOOL)
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/package/gettext/gettext.mk b/package/gettext/gettext.mk
index 372de4c1..3a128a2d 100644
--- a/package/gettext/gettext.mk
+++ b/package/gettext/gettext.mk
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ gettext: $(DL_DIR)/$(GETTEXT_SOURCE) | $(TARGET_DIR)
 	$(CHDIR)/$(PKG_DIR); \
 		$(MAKE) -C gettext-runtime; \
 		$(MAKE) -C gettext-runtime install DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR)
-	$(REWRITE_LIBTOOL)
+	$(call REWRITE_LIBTOOL)
 	$(REMOVE)/$(PKG_DIR)
 	$(TOUCH)
diff --git a/package/libstb-hal/libstb-hal.mk b/package/libstb-hal/libstb-hal.mk
index a45c2b82..17ebd354 100644
--- a/package/libstb-hal/libstb-hal.mk
+++ b/package/libstb-hal/libstb-hal.mk
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ $(LIBSTB_HAL_BUILD_DIR)/config.status: $(LIBSTB_HAL_DEPENDENCIES)
 libstb-hal: $(LIBSTB_HAL_BUILD_DIR)/config.status
 	$(MAKE) -C $(LIBSTB_HAL_BUILD_DIR)
 	$(MAKE) -C $(LIBSTB_HAL_BUILD_DIR) install DESTDIR=$(NEUTRINO_INST_DIR)
-	$(REWRITE_LIBTOOL)
+	$(call REWRITE_LIBTOOL)
 	$(TOUCH)
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------