diff --git a/support/corelib.make b/support/corelib.make
index d23555c..e1432ba 100644
--- a/support/corelib.make
+++ b/support/corelib.make
@@ -88,33 +88,30 @@ ${XXSObjects} : ${PerlExtDir}/%.o : ${PerlExtDir}/%.cc
 	$(_CXX_compile)
 	@$(_do_deps)
 
-# the dependence on Makefile.PL is necessary because if it happens to be newer than the XS sources or object files,
-# the latter are mercilessly deleted.
-${GlueObjects} ${CallableGlueObjects} ${XXSObjects} $(patsubst %,${PerlExtDir}/%.cc,${XXSModules}) : ${SourceDir}/perl/Makefile.PL | compile-xs
-
 ${CoreLib} : ${SharedObjects} ${StandaloneObjects}
 	${CXX} ${LDsharedFlags} -o $@ $^ ${LDFLAGS} -lmpfr -lgmp -lpthread ${LIBS}
 
 ifneq (${LDcallableFlags},none)
-  # no explicit dependence on XSObjects here because they are built in compile-xs using the Makefile generated by xsubpp
-  ${CallableLib} : ${SharedObjects} ${CallableSharedObjects} ${GlueObjects} ${CallableGlueObjects} ${XXSObjects} $(patsubst %,${SourceDir}/perl/%.xs,${XSModules})
-	${CXX} ${LDcallableFlags} ${LDsonameFlag}${CallableSoName} -o $@ ${SharedObjects} ${CallableSharedObjects} ${GlueObjects} ${CallableGlueObjects} ${XXSObjects} ${XSObjects} ${LDFLAGS} ${PERLccdlflags} -lmpfr -lgmp -lpthread ${LIBXML2_LIBS} ${LIBS} -L${PERLarchlib}/CORE -lperl
+  ${CallableLib} : ${SharedObjects} ${CallableSharedObjects} ${GlueObjects} ${CallableGlueObjects} ${XXSObjects} ${XSObjects}
+	${CXX} ${LDcallableFlags} ${LDsonameFlag}${CallableSoName} -o $@ $^ ${LDFLAGS} ${PERLccdlflags} \
+	       -lmpfr -lgmp -lpthread ${LIBXML2_LIBS} ${LIBS} -L${PERLarchlib}/CORE -lperl
 	ln -s -f ${CallableSoName} ${PerlExtDir}/${CallableName}
 else
-  ${CallableLib} : ${GlueObjects} ${XXSObjects} $(patsubst %,${SourceDir}/perl/%.xs,${XSModules})
+  ${CallableLib} : ${GlueObjects} ${XXSObjects}
 endif
 	@$(MAKE) -C ${PerlExtDir} all LD=${CXX} OTHERLDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" GlueObjects="$(notdir ${GlueObjects} ${XXSObjects})"
 	@$(MAKE) -C ${PerlExtDir} pure_install InstallDir=.. DESTDIR=
 
-compile-xs:
-	@mkdir -p ${PerlExtDir}
-	cd ${PerlExtDir}; \
-	${PERL} ${SourceDir}/perl/Makefile.PL \
-		TOP=${ProjectTop} SourceDir=${SourceDir}/perl CxxOpt="${CXXOPT}" CxxDebug="${CXXDEBUG}" \
-		libxml2Cflags="${LIBXML2_CFLAGS}" libxml2Libs="${LIBXML2_LIBS}"
+compile-xs : ${PerlExtDir}/Makefile
 	@$(MAKE) -C ${PerlExtDir} compile
 
-compile : ${CoreLib} ${CallableLib}
+${PerlExtDir}/Makefile : ${SourceDir}/perl/Makefile.PL
+	@mkdir -p $(@D)
+	cd $(@D); ${PERL} $< TOP=${ProjectTop} SourceDir=${SourceDir}/perl CxxOpt="${CXXOPT}" CxxDebug="${CXXDEBUG}" \
+			     libxml2Cflags="${LIBXML2_CFLAGS}" libxml2Libs="${LIBXML2_LIBS}"
+
+compile : compile-xs
+	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory ${CoreLib} ${CallableLib}
 
 install : compile
 	[ -d ${InstallLib} ] || ${PERL} ${INSTALL_PL} -d -m ${DirMask} ${InstallLib}