diff --git a/tools/mcconfig/make.esp32.mk b/tools/mcconfig/make.esp32.mk
index 21084c5a5..c12595adf 100644
--- a/tools/mcconfig/make.esp32.mk
+++ b/tools/mcconfig/make.esp32.mk
@@ -583,9 +583,9 @@ DUMP_VARS:
 	echo "# IDF_RECONFIGURE_CMD is $(IDF_RECONFIGURE_CMD)"
 	echo "# SDKCONFIG_H_DIR is $(SDKCONFIG_H_DIR)"
 
-dependencies: $(PROJ_DIR)/../xs_idf_deps.txt
+dependencies: $(PROJ_DIR) $(PROJ_DIR_FILES) $(PROJ_DIR)/../xs_idf_deps.txt
 	echo "# Configure dependencies..."
-	rm -f $(PROJ_DIR)/main/idf_component.yml
+	-rm -f $(PROJ_DIR)/main/idf_component.yml
 	cd $(PROJ_DIR) ; $(BUILD_DEPENDENCIES)
 
 precursor: prepareOutput idfVersionCheck $(PROJ_DIR_FILES) bootloaderCheck $(BLE) dependencies $(SDKCONFIG_H) $(LIB_DIR) $(BIN_DIR)/xs_$(ESP32_SUBCLASS).a
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ clean:
 	-rm -rf $(TMP_DIR) 2>/dev/null
 	-rm -rf $(LIB_DIR) 2>/dev/null	
 
-$(SDKCONFIG_H): $(SDKCONFIG_FILE) $(PROJ_DIR_FILES)
+$(SDKCONFIG_H): $(SDKCONFIG_FILE) $(PROJ_DIR_FILES) dependencies
 	-rm $(PROJ_DIR)/sdkconfig 2>/dev/null
 	echo "# Reconfiguring ESP-IDF..." ; cd $(PROJ_DIR) ; $(IDF_RECONFIGURE_CMD)