diff --git a/src/Makefile.shlib b/src/Makefile.shlib
index b1ab5807223..8616eb6f8fd 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.shlib
+++ b/src/Makefile.shlib
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ all-shared-lib: $(shlib)
 
 ifndef haslibarule
 $(stlib): $(OBJS)
+	rm -f $@
 	$(LINK.static) $@ $^
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 endif #haslibarule
@@ -384,6 +385,7 @@ else # PORTNAME == aix
 
 # AIX case
 $(shlib) $(stlib): $(OBJS)
+	rm -f $(stlib)
 	$(LINK.static) $(stlib) $^
 	$(RANLIB) $(stlib)
 	$(MKLDEXPORT) $(stlib) >$(exports_file)
@@ -404,6 +406,7 @@ $(shlib): $(OBJS) | $(SHLIB_PREREQS)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS)  -shared -o $@  $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) $(SHLIB_LINK) $(LIBS) $(LDAP_LIBS_BE)
 
 $(stlib): $(OBJS) | $(SHLIB_PREREQS)
+	rm -f $@
 	$(LINK.static) $@ $^
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
diff --git a/src/port/Makefile b/src/port/Makefile
index c9b153d7dac..8589108f55c 100644
--- a/src/port/Makefile
+++ b/src/port/Makefile
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ uninstall:
 	rm -f '$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libpgport.a'
 
 libpgport.a: $(OBJS)
+	rm -f $@
 	$(AR) $(AROPT) $@ $^
 
 # thread.o needs PTHREAD_CFLAGS (but thread_srv.o does not)
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ thread.o: thread.c
 #
 
 libpgport_srv.a: $(OBJS_SRV)
+	rm -f $@
 	$(AR) $(AROPT) $@ $^
 
 %_srv.o: %.c