diff --git a/xen/Rules.mk b/xen/Rules.mk
index 92a13ca60163..4aa119a90c27 100644
--- a/xen/Rules.mk
+++ b/xen/Rules.mk
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ CFLAGS += -Werror -Wredundant-decls -Wno-pointer-arith
 $(call cc-option-add,CFLAGS,CC,-Wvla)
 CFLAGS += -pipe -D__XEN__ -include $(BASEDIR)/include/xen/config.h
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO) += -g
-CFLAGS += '-D__OBJECT_FILE__="$@"'
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG),y)
 # Clang doesn't understand this command line argument, and doesn't appear to
@@ -70,9 +69,6 @@ AFLAGS += -D__ASSEMBLY__
 
 ALL_OBJS := $(ALL_OBJS-y)
 
-# Get gcc to generate the dependencies for us.
-CFLAGS-y += -MMD -MF $(@D)/.$(@F).d
-
 CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS-y)
 # allow extra CFLAGS externally via EXTRA_CFLAGS_XEN_CORE
 CFLAGS += $(EXTRA_CFLAGS_XEN_CORE)
@@ -146,9 +142,12 @@ endif
 # Always build obj-bin files as binary even if they come from C source. 
 $(obj-bin-y): CFLAGS := $(filter-out -flto,$(CFLAGS))
 
+c_flags = -MMD -MF $(@D)/.$(@F).d $(CFLAGS) '-D__OBJECT_FILE__="$@"'
+a_flags = -MMD -MF $(@D)/.$(@F).d $(AFLAGS)
+
 built_in.o: $(obj-y) $(extra-y)
 ifeq ($(obj-y),)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -x c /dev/null -o $@
+	$(CC) $(c_flags) -c -x c /dev/null -o $@
 else
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_LTO),y)
 	$(LD_LTO) -r -o $@ $(filter-out $(extra-y),$^)
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ endif
 
 built_in_bin.o: $(obj-bin-y) $(extra-y)
 ifeq ($(obj-bin-y),)
-	$(CC) $(AFLAGS) -c -x assembler /dev/null -o $@
+	$(CC) $(a_flags) -c -x assembler /dev/null -o $@
 else
 	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -r -o $@ $(filter-out $(extra-y),$^)
 endif
@@ -178,7 +177,7 @@ SRCPATH := $(patsubst $(BASEDIR)/%,%,$(CURDIR))
 
 %.o: %.c Makefile
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ENFORCE_UNIQUE_SYMBOLS),y)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $(@D)/.$(@F).tmp -MQ $@
+	$(CC) $(c_flags) -c $< -o $(@D)/.$(@F).tmp -MQ $@
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG),y)
 	$(OBJCOPY) --redefine-sym $<=$(SRCPATH)/$< $(@D)/.$(@F).tmp $@
 else
@@ -186,11 +185,11 @@ else
 endif
 	rm -f $(@D)/.$(@F).tmp
 else
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+	$(CC) $(c_flags) -c $< -o $@
 endif
 
 %.o: %.S Makefile
-	$(CC) $(AFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+	$(CC) $(a_flags) -c $< -o $@
 
 $(filter %.init.o,$(obj-y) $(obj-bin-y) $(extra-y)): %.init.o: %.o Makefile
 	$(OBJDUMP) -h $< | sed -n '/[0-9]/{s,00*,0,g;p;}' | while read idx name sz rest; do \
@@ -205,12 +204,12 @@ $(filter %.init.o,$(obj-y) $(obj-bin-y) $(extra-y)): %.init.o: %.o Makefile
 	$(OBJCOPY) $(foreach s,$(SPECIAL_DATA_SECTIONS),--rename-section .$(s)=.init.$(s)) $< $@
 
 %.i: %.c Makefile
-	$(CPP) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(CFLAGS)) $< -o $@
+	$(CPP) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(c_flags)) $< -o $@
 
 %.s: %.c Makefile
-	$(CC) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(CFLAGS)) -S $< -o $@
+	$(CC) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(c_flags)) -S $< -o $@
 
 %.s: %.S Makefile
-	$(CPP) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(AFLAGS)) $< -o $@
+	$(CPP) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(a_flags)) $< -o $@
 
 -include $(DEPS_INCLUDE)
diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/Makefile b/xen/arch/arm/Makefile
index 1044c2298a05..7f1427630b96 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ $(TARGET)-syms: prelink.o xen.lds
 	rm -f $(@D)/.$(@F).[0-9]*
 
 asm-offsets.s: $(TARGET_SUBARCH)/asm-offsets.c
-	$(CC) $(filter-out -flto,$(CFLAGS)) -S -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(filter-out -flto,$(c_flags)) -S -o $@ $<
 
 xen.lds: xen.lds.S
-	$(CC) -P -E -Ui386 $(AFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) -P -E -Ui386 $(a_flags) -o $@ $<
 	sed -e 's/xen\.lds\.o:/xen\.lds:/g' <.xen.lds.d >.xen.lds.d.new
 	mv -f .xen.lds.d.new .xen.lds.d
 
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/Makefile b/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
index ed709e2373ac..7fbac8ac525d 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ EFI_LDFLAGS += --major-os-version=2 --minor-os-version=0
 EFI_LDFLAGS += --major-subsystem-version=2 --minor-subsystem-version=0
 
 # Check if the compiler supports the MS ABI.
-export XEN_BUILD_EFI := $(shell $(CC) $(filter-out $(CFLAGS-y) .%.d,$(CFLAGS)) -c efi/check.c -o efi/check.o 2>/dev/null && echo y)
+export XEN_BUILD_EFI := $(shell $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c efi/check.c -o efi/check.o 2>/dev/null && echo y)
 # Check if the linker supports PE.
 XEN_BUILD_PE := $(if $(XEN_BUILD_EFI),$(shell $(LD) -mi386pep --subsystem=10 -o efi/check.efi efi/check.o 2>/dev/null && echo y))
 CFLAGS-$(XEN_BUILD_EFI) += -DXEN_BUILD_EFI
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ efi/boot.init.o efi/runtime.o efi/compat.o efi/buildid.o efi/relocs-dummy.o: $(B
 efi/boot.init.o efi/runtime.o efi/compat.o efi/buildid.o efi/relocs-dummy.o: ;
 
 asm-offsets.s: $(TARGET_SUBARCH)/asm-offsets.c $(BASEDIR)/include/asm-x86/asm-macros.h
-	$(CC) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)% -flto,$(CFLAGS)) -S -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)% -flto,$(c_flags)) -S -o $@ $<
 
 asm-macros.i: CFLAGS += -D__ASSEMBLY__ -P
 
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ $(BASEDIR)/include/asm-x86/asm-macros.h: asm-macros.i Makefile
 
 efi.lds: AFLAGS += -DEFI
 xen.lds efi.lds: xen.lds.S
-	$(CC) -P -E -Ui386 $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(AFLAGS)) -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) -P -E -Ui386 $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(a_flags)) -o $@ $<
 	sed -e 's/.*\.lds\.o:/$(@F):/g' <.$(@F).d >.$(@F).d.new
 	mv -f .$(@F).d.new .$(@F).d
 
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/mm/Makefile b/xen/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
index d87dc0aa6eeb..a2431fde6bb4 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HVM) += p2m-ept.o p2m-pod.o
 obj-y += paging.o
 
 guest_walk_%.o: guest_walk.c Makefile
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DGUEST_PAGING_LEVELS=$* -c $< -o $@
+	$(CC) $(c_flags) -DGUEST_PAGING_LEVELS=$* -c $< -o $@
 
 guest_walk_%.i: guest_walk.c Makefile
-	$(CPP) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(CFLAGS)) -DGUEST_PAGING_LEVELS=$* -c $< -o $@
+	$(CPP) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(c_flags)) -DGUEST_PAGING_LEVELS=$* -c $< -o $@
 
 guest_walk_%.s: guest_walk.c Makefile
-	$(CC) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(CFLAGS)) -DGUEST_PAGING_LEVELS=$* -S $< -o $@
+	$(CC) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(c_flags)) -DGUEST_PAGING_LEVELS=$* -S $< -o $@
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/mm/hap/Makefile b/xen/arch/x86/mm/hap/Makefile
index b14a9aff93d2..22e7ad54bd33 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/mm/hap/Makefile
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm/hap/Makefile
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ obj-y += nested_hap.o
 obj-y += nested_ept.o
 
 guest_walk_%level.o: guest_walk.c Makefile
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DGUEST_PAGING_LEVELS=$* -c $< -o $@
+	$(CC) $(c_flags) -DGUEST_PAGING_LEVELS=$* -c $< -o $@
 
 guest_walk_%level.i: guest_walk.c Makefile
-	$(CPP) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(CFLAGS)) -DGUEST_PAGING_LEVELS=$* -c $< -o $@
+	$(CPP) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(c_flags)) -DGUEST_PAGING_LEVELS=$* -c $< -o $@
 
 guest_walk_%level.s: guest_walk.c Makefile
-	$(CC) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(CFLAGS)) -DGUEST_PAGING_LEVELS=$* -S $< -o $@
+	$(CC) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(c_flags)) -DGUEST_PAGING_LEVELS=$* -S $< -o $@
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/Makefile b/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/Makefile
index ff03a9937f9b..23d3ff10802c 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/Makefile
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/Makefile
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ obj-y += none.o
 endif
 
 guest_%.o: multi.c Makefile
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DGUEST_PAGING_LEVELS=$* -c $< -o $@
+	$(CC) $(c_flags) -DGUEST_PAGING_LEVELS=$* -c $< -o $@
 
 guest_%.i: multi.c Makefile
-	$(CPP) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(CFLAGS)) -DGUEST_PAGING_LEVELS=$* -c $< -o $@
+	$(CPP) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(c_flags)) -DGUEST_PAGING_LEVELS=$* -c $< -o $@
 
 guest_%.s: multi.c Makefile
-	$(CC) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(CFLAGS)) -DGUEST_PAGING_LEVELS=$* -S $< -o $@
+	$(CC) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(c_flags)) -DGUEST_PAGING_LEVELS=$* -S $< -o $@
diff --git a/xen/include/Makefile b/xen/include/Makefile
index 433bad9055b2..a488a98d8bb7 100644
--- a/xen/include/Makefile
+++ b/xen/include/Makefile
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ compat/%.h: compat/%.i Makefile $(BASEDIR)/tools/compat-build-header.py
 	mv -f $@.new $@
 
 compat/%.i: compat/%.c Makefile
-	$(CPP) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)% -M% %.d -include %/include/xen/config.h,$(CFLAGS)) $(cppflags-y) -o $@ $<
+	$(CPP) $(filter-out -Wa$(comma)% -include %/include/xen/config.h,$(CFLAGS)) $(cppflags-y) -o $@ $<
 
 compat/%.c: public/%.h xlat.lst Makefile $(BASEDIR)/tools/compat-build-source.py
 	mkdir -p $(@D)
diff --git a/xen/scripts/Kbuild.include b/xen/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 806c68824ed5..14bd4e110b45 100644
--- a/xen/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/xen/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DEPS_INCLUDE = $(addsuffix .d2, $(basename $(wildcard $(DEPS))))
 # as-insn: Check whether assembler supports an instruction.
 # Usage: cflags-y += $(call as-insn,CC FLAGS,"insn",option-yes,option-no)
 as-insn = $(if $(shell echo 'void _(void) { asm volatile ( $(2) ); }' \
-                       | $(filter-out -M% %.d -include %/include/xen/config.h,$(1)) \
+                       | $(filter-out -include %/include/xen/config.h,$(1)) \
                               -c -x c -o /dev/null - 2>&1),$(4),$(3))
 
 # as-option-add: Conditionally add options to flags
