diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 49c2b1ed7..6e68d5164 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 $(shell $(CURDIR)/scripts/git-hooks-init.sh)
+$(shell $(CURDIR)/scripts/prepare-build-deps.sh)
 REBAR = $(CURDIR)/rebar3
 BUILD = $(CURDIR)/build
 SCRIPTS = $(CURDIR)/scripts
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ cover: $(REBAR)
 coveralls: $(REBAR)
 	@ENABLE_COVER_COMPILE=1 $(REBAR) as test coveralls send
 
-COMMON_DEPS := $(REBAR) prepare-build-deps get-dashboard conf-segs
+COMMON_DEPS := $(REBAR) get-dashboard conf-segs
 ELIXIR_COMMON_DEPS := ensure-hex ensure-mix-rebar3 ensure-mix-rebar
 
 .PHONY: $(REL_PROFILES)
@@ -219,9 +220,6 @@ conf-segs:
 	@scripts/merge-config.escript
 	@scripts/merge-i18n.escript
 
-prepare-build-deps:
-	@scripts/prepare-build-deps.sh
-
 ## elixir target is to create release packages using Elixir's Mix
 .PHONY: $(REL_PROFILES:%=%-elixir) $(PKG_PROFILES:%=%-elixir)
 $(REL_PROFILES:%=%-elixir) $(PKG_PROFILES:%=%-elixir): $(COMMON_DEPS) $(ELIXIR_COMMON_DEPS) mix-deps-get