--- a/runtime/spell/it/main.aap
+++ b/runtime/spell/it/main.aap
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@
 SPELLDIR = ..
 FILES    = it_IT.aff it_IT.dic
 
-all: $(SPELLDIR)/it.latin1.spl $(SPELLDIR)/it.utf-8.spl ../README_it.txt
+all: $SPELLDIR/it.latin1.spl $SPELLDIR/it.utf-8.spl ../README_it.txt
 
-$(SPELLDIR)/it.latin1.spl : $(VIM) $(FILES)
+$SPELLDIR/it.latin1.spl : $VIM $FILES
         :sys env LANG=it_IT.ISO8859-1
-		$(VIM) -u NONE -e -c "mkspell! $(SPELLDIR)/it it_IT" -c q
+		$VIM -u NONE -e -c "mkspell! $SPELLDIR/it it_IT" -c q
 
-$(SPELLDIR)/it.utf-8.spl : $(VIM) $(FILES)
+$SPELLDIR/it.utf-8.spl : $VIM $FILES
         :sys env LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
-		$(VIM) -u NONE -e -c "mkspell! $(SPELLDIR)/it it_IT" -c q
+		$VIM -u NONE -e -c "mkspell! $SPELLDIR/it it_IT" -c q
 
 ../README_it.txt : README_it_IT.txt
         :copy $source $target
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ all: $(SPELLDIR)/it.latin1.spl $(SPELLDI
 # Fetching the files from OpenOffice.org.
 #
 OODIR = http://ftp.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/contrib/dictionaries
-:attr {fetch = $(OODIR)/%file%} it_IT.zip
+:attr {fetch = $OODIR/%file%} it_IT.zip
 
 # The files don't depend on the .zip file so that we can delete it.
 # Only download the zip file if the targets don't exist.
 it_IT.aff it_IT.dic: {buildcheck=}
         :assertpkg unzip patch
         :fetch it_IT.zip
-        :sys $(UNZIP) it_IT.zip
+        :sys $UNZIP it_IT.zip
         :delete it_IT.zip
         @if not os.path.exists('it_IT.orig.aff'):
             :copy it_IT.aff it_IT.orig.aff
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ check:
         :cd tmp
         @try:
             @import stat
-            :sys $(UNZIP) ../it_IT.zip
+            :sys $UNZIP ../it_IT.zip
             :sys {force} diff ../it_IT.orig.aff it_IT.aff >d
             @if os.stat('d')[stat.ST_SIZE] > 0:
                 :copy it_IT.aff ../it_IT.new.aff