diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3371144..a8c1c0f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,38 +21,26 @@ LDLIBS    = `pkg-config --libs $(PKGS)`
 # protocols, which are specified in XML. wlroots requires you to rig these up
 # to your build system yourself and provide them in the include path.
 all: dwl
-dwl: dwl.o xdg-shell-protocol.o wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1-protocol.o idle-protocol.o util.o
-	$(CC) $(LDLIBS) -o $@ dwl.o xdg-shell-protocol.o wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1-protocol.o idle-protocol.o util.o
+dwl: dwl.o util.o
+	$(CC) $(LDLIBS) -o $@ dwl.o util.o
 dwl.o: dwl.c config.mk config.h client.h xdg-shell-protocol.h wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1-protocol.h idle-protocol.h
-xdg-shell-protocol.o: xdg-shell-protocol.h xdg-shell-protocol.c
-wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1-protocol.o: wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1-protocol.h wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1-protocol.c
-idle-protocol.o: idle-protocol.h idle-protocol.c
 util.o: util.c util.h
 
 # wayland scanner rules to generate .h / .c files
 xdg-shell-protocol.h:
 	$(WAYLAND_SCANNER) server-header \
 		$(WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS)/stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml $@
-xdg-shell-protocol.c:
-	$(WAYLAND_SCANNER) private-code \
-		$(WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS)/stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml $@
 wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1-protocol.h:
 	$(WAYLAND_SCANNER) server-header \
 		protocols/wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1.xml $@
-wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1-protocol.c:
-	$(WAYLAND_SCANNER) private-code \
-		protocols/wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1.xml $@
 idle-protocol.h:
 	$(WAYLAND_SCANNER) server-header \
 		protocols/idle.xml $@
-idle-protocol.c:
-	$(WAYLAND_SCANNER) private-code \
-		protocols/idle.xml $@
 
 config.h:
 	cp config.def.h $@
 clean:
-	rm -f dwl *.o *-protocol.h *-protocol.c
+	rm -f dwl *.o *-protocol.h
 
 # distribution archive
 dist: clean