diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 55eda37..45820b4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -70,15 +70,10 @@ $(MAKEPAGES): make-pages/*.hs make-pages/make-pages.cabal
 $(TMPDIR)/index.mk: $(DATADIR)/index.yaml $(YAMLS) $(MAKEPAGES)
 	$(call depend-gallery)
 
-ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),mostlyclean)
-ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),clean)
-ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),distclean)
-ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),list-tags)
+NODEPS := mostlyclean clean distclean list-tags
+ifeq ($(filter-out $(NODEPS),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
 -include $(TMPDIR)/index.mk
 endif
-endif
-endif
-endif
 
 
 .PHONY: clean distclean