diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/Makefile
index 9b35ca8e8f13..8d3f006c98cc 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-TEST_PROGS := ptrace-gpr ptrace-tm-gpr ptrace-tm-spd-gpr \
+TEST_GEN_PROGS := ptrace-gpr ptrace-tm-gpr ptrace-tm-spd-gpr \
               ptrace-tar ptrace-tm-tar ptrace-tm-spd-tar ptrace-vsx ptrace-tm-vsx \
               ptrace-tm-spd-vsx ptrace-tm-spr ptrace-hwbreak ptrace-pkey core-pkey \
               perf-hwbreak ptrace-syscall
@@ -7,14 +7,9 @@ TEST_PROGS := ptrace-gpr ptrace-tm-gpr ptrace-tm-spd-gpr \
 top_srcdir = ../../../../..
 include ../../lib.mk
 
-all: $(TEST_PROGS)
-
 CFLAGS += -m64 -I../../../../../usr/include -I../tm -mhtm -fno-pie
 
-ptrace-pkey core-pkey: child.h
-ptrace-pkey core-pkey: LDLIBS += -pthread
+$(OUTPUT)/ptrace-pkey $(OUTPUT)/core-pkey: child.h
+$(OUTPUT)/ptrace-pkey $(OUTPUT)/core-pkey: LDLIBS += -pthread
 
-$(TEST_PROGS): ../harness.c ../utils.c ../lib/reg.S ptrace.h
-
-clean:
-	rm -f $(TEST_PROGS) *.o
+$(TEST_GEN_PROGS): ../harness.c ../utils.c ../lib/reg.S ptrace.h