diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b5c7b23..bbced45 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ loaddefs: $(PKG)-autoloads.el
 
 %.elc: %.el
 	@printf "Compiling $<\n"
-	@$(EMACS) -Q --batch $(EMACS_ARGS) $(LOAD_PATH) -f batch-byte-compile $<
+	$(EMACS) -Q --batch $(EMACS_ARGS) $(LOAD_PATH) -f batch-byte-compile $<
 
 check-declare:
 	@printf " Checking function declarations\n"
-	@$(EMACS) -Q --batch $(EMACS_ARGS) $(LOAD_PATH) \
+	$(EMACS) -Q --batch $(EMACS_ARGS) $(LOAD_PATH) \
 	--eval "(check-declare-directory default-directory)"
 
 test:
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index f454ad5..153cb87 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 include ../default.mk
 
 test:
-	@export MELPA_BASE=$$(mktemp -d) && \
+	export MELPA_BASE=$$(mktemp -d) && \
 	$(BATCH) --eval "(progn\
 	(setq package-build--melpa-base \"$$MELPA_BASE\")\
 	(load-file \"$(TOP)test/package-build-tests.el\")\