diff --git a/configure/modules/RULES_E3 b/configure/modules/RULES_E3
index 1eaeee5f89d3ddcd8b493bc9300d639ba0ba154d..83ce7f3366e6e27c5dafbd44af10ec994931f9bb 100644
--- a/configure/modules/RULES_E3
+++ b/configure/modules/RULES_E3
@@ -31,11 +31,14 @@ help:
 ## Install current module to $(EPICS_BASE)/require/$(E3_REQUIRE_VERSION)/siteMods
 install: install_module install_links
 
+.PHONY: db
 db: err_no_db_rule
 
+.PHONY: err_no_db_rule
 err_no_db_rule:
 	$(error The 'db' target has been discontinued. If you have custom database expansion rule to use, please contact the e3 team)
 
+.PHONY: install_module
 install_module: build db_internal
 	$(QUIET) $(E3_MODULE_MAKE_CMDS) install
 
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ prebuild: conf
 debug: conf
 	$(QUIET) $(E3_MODULE_MAKE_CMDS) debug
 
+.PHONY: db_internal
 db_internal: conf
 	$(QUIET) $(E3_MODULE_MAKE_CMDS) db_internal
 
diff --git a/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile b/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile
index fe1d97cf738f257a5dd51298bc6f213114eb5d67..a38e8fb5601f8f00497f342ee3e58dedec9062fe 100644
--- a/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile
+++ b/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile
@@ -1074,4 +1074,4 @@ endif # EPICSVERSION defined
 ##
 ## Friday, July 3 2020                      : Force all module names to be lowercase, to allow consistency between conda/nfs startup scripts.
 ##
-## $(DATE)                                  : Removed the V3-specific code. Adde
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