diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2d9cd66..644426a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ COMPOSE_SERVICES := $(shell podman-compose config \
 	| yq ".services | keys" --output-format csv --csv-separator " ")
 MAKE_MODULES := $(foreach module,$(MODULES),\
 	$(shell [ -f $(module)/Makefile ] && echo $(module)))
-NGINX_CONFIG_SRC := nginx/nginx.conf
-NGINX_CONFIG := /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
-NGINX_CONFIG_BACKUP := /etc/nginx/nginx.joeac.net-backup
-RESTART_NGINX := sudo rc-service nginx restart
 
 
 #############
diff --git a/nginx.mk b/nginx.mk
index a97957f..4f7e856 100644
--- a/nginx.mk
+++ b/nginx.mk
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 .PHONY: install_nginx
-install_nginx: $(NGINX_CONFIG_BACKUP) $(NGINX_CONFIG)
+install_nginx: /etc/nginx/nginx.joeac.net-backup /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 
 .PHONY: reinstall_nginx
-reinstall_nginx: $(NGINX_CONFIG_BACKUP) $(NGINX_CONFIG)
+reinstall_nginx: /etc/nginx/nginx.joeac.net-backup /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 
 .PHONY: uninstall_nginx
 uninstall_nginx: uninstall_dyndns
-ifeq ($(shell test -d $(NGINX_CONFIG_BACKUP) && echo 1 || echo 0),0)
+ifeq ($(shell test -d /etc/nginx/nginx.joeac.net-backup && echo 1 || echo 0),0)
 	$(warn No nginx backup config detected: doing nothing)
 else
-	sudo mv $(NGINX_CONFIG_BACKUP) $(NGINX_CONFIG)
-	$(RESTART_NGINX)
+	sudo mv /etc/nginx/nginx.joeac.net-backup /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+	sudo rc-service nginx restart
 endif
 
-$(NGINX_CONFIG_BACKUP):
-	sudo mv $(NGINX_CONFIG) $(NGINX_CONFIG_BACKUP)
+/etc/nginx/nginx.joeac.net-backup:
+	sudo mv /etc/nginx/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.joeac.net-backup
 
-$(NGINX_CONFIG): $(NGINX_CONFIG_SRC) $(NGINX_CONFIG_BACKUP)
+/etc/nginx/nginx.conf: nginx/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.joeac.net-backup
 	sudo cp $< $@
-	$(RESTART_NGINX)
+	sudo rc-service nginx restart
diff --git a/nginx_module.mk b/nginx_module.mk
index 0b1a2c5..949421d 100644
--- a/nginx_module.mk
+++ b/nginx_module.mk
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ endef
 
 $(foreach module,$(MODULES),$(eval $(install_nginx_module_rule)))
 
-/etc/nginx/http.d/%.joeac.net.conf: nginx/http.d/%.joeac.net.conf /etc/nginx/http.d $(NGINX_CONFIG)
+/etc/nginx/http.d/%.joeac.net.conf: nginx/http.d/%.joeac.net.conf /etc/nginx/http.d /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 	sudo cp $< $@
-	$(RESTART_NGINX)
+	sudo rc-service nginx restart
 
 /etc/nginx/http.d:
 	sudo mkdir -p /etc/nginx/http.d