diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 88a437ee..ab52cc9a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -61,25 +61,23 @@ unexport $(GLUON_VARS)
 GLUON_ENV = $(foreach var,$(GLUON_VARS),$(var)=$(call escape,$($(var))))
 
 show-release:
-	@echo '$(GLUON_RELEASE)'
+	echo '$(GLUON_RELEASE)'
 
 
 update: FORCE
-	@
 	export $(GLUON_ENV)
 	scripts/update.sh
 	scripts/patch.sh
 	scripts/feeds.sh
 
 update-patches: FORCE
-	@
 	export $(GLUON_ENV)
 	scripts/update.sh
 	scripts/update-patches.sh
 	scripts/patch.sh
 
 update-feeds: FORCE
-	@$(GLUON_ENV) scripts/feeds.sh
+	$(GLUON_ENV) scripts/feeds.sh
 
 
 GLUON_TARGETS :=
@@ -119,23 +117,23 @@ endef
 
 define CheckSite
 	if ! GLUON_SITEDIR='$(GLUON_SITEDIR)' GLUON_SITE_CONFIG='$(1).conf' $(LUA) -e 'assert(dofile("scripts/site_config.lua")(os.getenv("GLUON_SITE_CONFIG")))'; then
-		echo 'Your site configuration ($(1).conf) did not pass validation
+		echo 'Your site configuration ($(1).conf) did not pass validation'
 		exit 1
 	fi
 endef
 
 list-targets: FORCE
-	@for target in $(GLUON_TARGETS); do
+	for target in $(GLUON_TARGETS); do
 		echo "$$target"
 	done
 
 lint: lint-lua lint-sh
 
 lint-lua: FORCE
-	@scripts/lint-lua.sh
+	scripts/lint-lua.sh
 
 lint-sh: FORCE
-	@scripts/lint-sh.sh
+	scripts/lint-sh.sh
 
 define merge_lists
   $(1) :=
@@ -166,7 +164,7 @@ $(eval $(call merge_lists,GLUON_CLASS_PACKAGES_tiny,$(GLUON_FEATURE_PACKAGES_tin
 LUA := openwrt/staging_dir/hostpkg/bin/lua
 
 $(LUA):
-	+@
+	+
 
 	$(CheckExternal)
 
@@ -176,7 +174,7 @@ $(LUA):
 
 
 config: $(LUA) FORCE
-	+@
+	+
 
 	$(CheckExternal)
 	$(CheckTarget)
@@ -194,7 +192,7 @@ config: $(LUA) FORCE
 
 
 all: config
-	+@
+	+
 	$(GLUON_ENV) \
 		$(LUA) scripts/clean_output.lua
 	$(OPENWRTMAKE)
@@ -202,16 +200,15 @@ all: config
 		$(LUA) scripts/copy_output.lua '$(GLUON_TARGET)'
 
 clean download: config
-	+@$(OPENWRTMAKE) $@
+	+$(OPENWRTMAKE) $@
 
 dirclean: FORCE
-	+@
+	+
 	[ -e openwrt/.config ] || $(OPENWRTMAKE) defconfig
 	$(OPENWRTMAKE) dirclean
 	rm -rf $(GLUON_TMPDIR) $(GLUON_OUTPUTDIR)
 
 manifest: $(LUA) FORCE
-	@
 	[ '$(GLUON_BRANCH)' ] || (echo 'Please set GLUON_BRANCH to create a manifest.'; false)
 	echo '$(GLUON_PRIORITY)' | grep -qE '^([0-9]*\.)?[0-9]+$$' || (echo 'Please specify a numeric value for GLUON_PRIORITY to create a manifest.'; false)
 	$(CheckExternal)
@@ -235,3 +232,4 @@ FORCE: ;
 .PHONY: FORCE
 .NOTPARALLEL:
 .ONESHELL:
+.SILENT: