diff --git a/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.17_2016_07_24.recipe b/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.17_2016_07_24.recipe
index cbe2b3275..5d9ee6021 100644
--- a/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.17_2016_07_24.recipe
+++ b/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.17_2016_07_24.recipe
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ BUILD()
 		--includedir=$includeDir/binutils \
 		--disable-nls --enable-shared=yes
 
+	make
+
 	# patch the makefiles that are too dumb to handle no makeinfo
 	sed -i 's@INFO_DEPS = $(srcdir)/gprof.info@INFO_DEPS=@' gprof/Makefile
 	sed -i 's@HTMLS = gprof.html@HTMLS=@' gprof/Makefile
@@ -85,8 +87,6 @@ BUILD()
 	sed -i 's@HTMLS = as.html@HTMLS=@' gas/doc/Makefile
 	sed -i 's@HTMLS = ld.html@HTMLS=@' ld/Makefile
 	sed -i 's@HTMLS = libiberty.html@HTMLS=@' libiberty/Makefile
-
-	make
 }
 
 INSTALL()