diff --git a/core/ninja.mk b/core/ninja.mk
index 22f3e1b..f593b75 100644
--- a/core/ninja.mk
+++ b/core/ninja.mk
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@
 
 ANDROID_TARGETS := $(filter-out $(KATI_OUTPUT_PATTERNS) $(NINJA_GOALS),$(ORIGINAL_MAKECMDGOALS))
 EXTRA_TARGETS := $(filter-out $(KATI_OUTPUT_PATTERNS) $(NINJA_GOALS),$(filter-out $(ORIGINAL_MAKECMDGOALS),$(MAKECMDGOALS)))
-# The target "dist" changes its behavior depending whether other
-# targets are specified or not. See distdir.mk for detail.
-KATI_TARGETS := $(if $(filter dist,$(ANDROID_TARGETS)),$(ANDROID_TARGETS),$(filter $(PARSE_TIME_MAKE_GOALS),$(ANDROID_TARGETS)))
+KATI_TARGETS := $(filter $(PARSE_TIME_MAKE_GOALS),$(ANDROID_TARGETS))
 
 define replace_space_and_slash
 $(subst /,_,$(subst $(space),_,$(sort $1)))