diff --git a/t/Makefile b/t/Makefile
index 281f4c3534..2d95046f26 100644
--- a/t/Makefile
+++ b/t/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# The default target of this Makefile is...
+all::
+
 # Import tree-wide shared Makefile behavior and libraries
 include ../shared.mak
 
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ UNIT_TESTS = $(sort $(filter-out unit-tests/bin/t-basic%,$(UNIT_TEST_PROGRAMS)))
 # scripts not to run the external "chainlint.pl" script themselves
 CHAINLINTSUPPRESS = GIT_TEST_EXT_CHAIN_LINT=0 && export GIT_TEST_EXT_CHAIN_LINT &&
 
-all: $(DEFAULT_TEST_TARGET)
+all:: $(DEFAULT_TEST_TARGET)
 
 test: pre-clean check-chainlint $(TEST_LINT)
 	$(CHAINLINTSUPPRESS) $(MAKE) aggregate-results-and-cleanup