diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/Mail/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/Mail/mkfile
index 0055f3dee..7ddbe41ee 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/Mail/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/Mail/mkfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 TARG=Mail
 OFILES=\
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ HFILES=dat.h
 BIN=$ABIN
 
 </sys/src/cmd/mkone
+<../mkupas
 
 $O.out: $OFILES
 	$LD -o $target  $LDFLAGS $OFILES
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/alias/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/alias/mkfile
index 900fa12cd..905ee42bb 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/alias/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/alias/mkfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 TARG=aliasmail
 LIB=../common/libcommon.a$O
@@ -9,4 +8,5 @@ HFILES=\
 	../common/sys.h\
 
 </sys/src/cmd/mkone
+<../mkupas
 CFLAGS=$CFLAGS -I../common
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/bayes/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/bayes/mkfile
index bc63acd27..e5640cd4e 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/bayes/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/bayes/mkfile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 TARG=addhash bayes msgtok
 
 </sys/src/cmd/mkmany
+<../mkupas
 
 # msg tokenizer
 $O.regen: regcomp.$O dfa.$O
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/binscripts/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/binscripts/mkfile
index 1edc72051..88cdcf573 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/binscripts/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/binscripts/mkfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 RCFILES=\
 	isspam\
@@ -27,3 +26,5 @@ nuke:V:
 
 $BIN/%: %.rc
 	cp $stem.rc $BIN/$stem
+
+<../mkupas
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/filterkit/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/filterkit/mkfile
index 8584374f7..06a456123 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/filterkit/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/filterkit/mkfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 TARG=\
 	deliver\
@@ -11,4 +10,5 @@ LIB=../common/libcommon.a$O
 OFILES=readaddrs.$O
 
 </sys/src/cmd/mkmany
+<../mkupas
 CFLAGS=$CFLAGS -I../common
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/fs/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/fs/mkfile
index 095991cef..0621aa8c4 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/fs/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/fs/mkfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 TARG=fs
 LIB=../common/libcommon.a$O
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ HFILES=\
 	dat.h\
 
 </sys/src/cmd/mkone
+<../mkupas
 CFLAGS=$CFLAGS  -I../common
 
 acid:V:
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/imap4d/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/imap4d/mkfile
index 4ae435944..af03e1aac 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/imap4d/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/imap4d/mkfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 TARG=imap4d
 
@@ -31,3 +30,4 @@ HFILES=\
 	fns.h\
 
 </sys/src/cmd/mkone
+<../mkupas
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/marshal/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/marshal/mkfile
index a2e517cb0..af7c02e3d 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/marshal/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/marshal/mkfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 TARG=marshal
 LIB=../common/libcommon.a$O
@@ -7,5 +6,6 @@ OFILES=marshal.$O
 HFILES=../common/common.h
 
 </sys/src/cmd/mkone
+<../mkupas
 CFLAGS=$CFLAGS -I../common
 
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/ml/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/ml/mkfile
index c87953545..8af0f7d23 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/ml/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/ml/mkfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 TARG=\
 	ml\
@@ -17,10 +16,11 @@ HFILES=\
 	../smtp/rfc822.tab.h\
 
 </sys/src/cmd/mkmany
+<../mkupas
 CFLAGS=$CFLAGS -I../common
 
 $O.ml: ../smtp/rfc822.tab.$O
 $O.mlowner: ../smtp/rfc822.tab.$O
 
 ../smtp/rfc822.tab.h ../smtp/rfc822.tab.$O: ../smtp/rfc822.y
-	cd ../smtp && mk rfc822.tab.$O
+	cd ../smtp && mk rfc822.tab.h rfc822.tab.$O
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/ned/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/ned/mkfile
index 917108130..10011f8b1 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/ned/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/ned/mkfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 TARG=nedmail
 LIB=../common/libcommon.a$O
@@ -7,4 +6,5 @@ OFILES=nedmail.$O
 HFILES=../common/common.h
 
 </sys/src/cmd/mkone
+<../mkupas
 CFLAGS=$CFLAGS -I../common
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/pop3/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/pop3/mkfile
index ee96f9703..04803f82e 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/pop3/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/pop3/mkfile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 TARG=pop3
 LIB=../common/libcommon.a$O
 OFILES=pop3.$O
 
 </sys/src/cmd/mkone
+<../mkupas
 CFLAGS=$CFLAGS -I../common
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/q/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/q/mkfile
index 45b6afa2e..a0a2dbcd9 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/q/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/q/mkfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 TARG=\
 	qer\
@@ -12,4 +11,5 @@ HFILES=\
 	../common/sys.h\
 
 </sys/src/cmd/mkmany
+<../mkupas
 CFLAGS=$CFLAGS -I../common
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/qfrom/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/qfrom/mkfile
index 33a6006c6..015000920 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/qfrom/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/qfrom/mkfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 TARG=qfrom
 OFILES=qfrom.$O
 
 </sys/src/cmd/mkone
+<../mkupas
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/scanmail/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/scanmail/mkfile
index 7223794cf..24616fc06 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/scanmail/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/scanmail/mkfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 TARG=\
 	scanmail\
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ HFILES=\
 	../common/sys.h\
 
 </sys/src/cmd/mkmany
+<../mkupas
 CFLAGS=$CFLAGS -I../common
 
 scanmail.$O: scanmail.c
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/send/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/send/mkfile
index 699374dd8..f4b188c9c 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/send/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/send/mkfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 TARG=\
 	send\
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ HFILES=\
 	../common/sys.h\
 
 </sys/src/cmd/mkmany
+<../mkupas
 CFLAGS=$CFLAGS -I../common
 
 $O.send: $SOBJ $OFILES
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ $O.filter: $FOBJ
 message.$O: ../smtp/rfc822.tab.h
 
 ../smtp/rfc822.tab.h ../smtp/rfc822.tab.$O: ../smtp/rfc822.y
-	cd ../smtp && mk rfc822.tab.$O
+	cd ../smtp && mk rfc822.tab.h rfc822.tab.$O
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/smtp/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/smtp/mkfile
index 922b56137..ab8bc1810 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/smtp/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/smtp/mkfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 TARG=\
 	smtpd\
@@ -16,9 +15,10 @@ HFILES=\
 
 TEST=parsetest
 
-CLEANFILES=*.tab.?
+CLEANFILES=rfc822.tab.h rfc822.tab.c smtpd.tab.c
 
 </sys/src/cmd/mkmany
+<../mkupas
 CFLAGS=$CFLAGS -I../common
 
 $O.smtpd:\
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/spf/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/spf/mkfile
index f612714f9..68d22ae0d 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/spf/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/spf/mkfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 TARG=spf
 
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ OFILES=\
 	spf.$O\
 
 </sys/src/cmd/mkone
+<../mkupas
 
 mtest: dns.$O macro.$O mtest.$O
 	$LD $LDFLAGS -o $target $prereq
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/unesc/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/unesc/mkfile
index c5be446cf..3523d16e6 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/unesc/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/unesc/mkfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 TARG=unesc
 OFILES=unesc.$O
 
 </sys/src/cmd/mkone
+<../mkupas
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/upas/vf/mkfile b/sys/src/cmd/upas/vf/mkfile
index b60bebad7..7abe8dcd8 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/upas/vf/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/upas/vf/mkfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 </$objtype/mkfile
-<../mkupas
 
 TARG=vf
 LIB=../common/libcommon.a$O
@@ -9,4 +8,5 @@ HFILES=\
 	../common/sys.h\
 
 </sys/src/cmd/mkone
+<../mkupas
 CFLAGS=$CFLAGS -I../common