diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 585236e75..14768cd2f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ RAMSCRGEN := tools/ramscrgen/ramscrgen
 
 # Clear the default suffixes
 .SUFFIXES:
+# Don't delete intermediate files
+.SECONDARY:
 # Delete files that weren't built properly
 .DELETE_ON_ERROR:
 
 # Secondary expansion is required for dependency variables in object rules.
 .SECONDEXPANSION:
 
-.PRECIOUS: %.1bpp %.4bpp %.8bpp %.gbapal %.lz %.rl %.pcm %.bin sound/direct_sound_samples/cry_%.bin
-
 .PHONY: rom clean compare tidy
 
 $(shell mkdir -p $(C_BUILDDIR) $(ASM_BUILDDIR) $(DATA_ASM_BUILDDIR) $(SONG_BUILDDIR))