diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6d66c34d65c..a5f0224331b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -266,6 +266,8 @@ include audio_rules.mk
 # NOTE: Tools must have been built prior (FIXME)
 # so you can't really call this rule directly
 generated: $(AUTO_GEN_TARGETS)
+	@: # Silence the "Nothing to be done for `generated'" message, which some people were confusing for an error.
+
 
 %.s:   ;
 %.png: ;