diff --git a/eclass/octaveforge.eclass b/eclass/octaveforge.eclass
index 70185a6c78..25ac74efcf 100644
--- a/eclass/octaveforge.eclass
+++ b/eclass/octaveforge.eclass
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ octaveforge_src_compile() {
 	export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L${OCTLIBDIR}"
 
 	if [[ -e src/Makefile ]]; then
-		emake -C src all
+		emake -C src
 	fi
 
 	if [[ -e src/Makefile ]]; then