diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d67f9862e3b340b3b6ed50fe3583fc3a55fdfe09..a7ef66331c4ee4965eb772d33ef61d5f82eeb4e4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SAGETEXSCRIPT = main.sagetex.sage
 main.pdf: ${TEXFILES}  main.sagetex.sout.tmp filtered_sage.txt
 	latexmk
 
-main.sagetex.sout.tmp: ${SAGETEXSCRIPT} ${PYPLOTFILES}
+main.sagetex.sout.tmp: ${SAGETEXSCRIPT}
 	PYTHONPATH=./sagetexscripts/ sage ${SAGETEXSCRIPT}
 
 ${SAGETEXSCRIPT}: ${TEXFILES} filtered_sage.txt