GC_C_OBJS = $(addsuffix _stub_ffi.$(way_)o,$(basename $(filter %.gc,$(SRCS))))
HSC_C_OBJS = $(addsuffix _hsc.$(way_)o,$(basename $(filter %.hsc,$(SRCS))))
-# Always remove $(EXCLUDED_C_SRCS) from C_SRCS
+ifeq "$(BootingFromHc)" "NO"
+# We don't want to build the _stub.c files ourselves, unless we're
+# bootstrapping from .hc files.
EXCLUDED_C_SRCS = $(patsubst %.lhs, %_stub.c, $(HS_SRCS)) \
$(patsubst %.hs, %_stub.c, $(HS_SRCS)) \
$(patsubst %.gc, %_stub_ffi.c, $(GC_SRCS)) \
$(patsubst %.gc, %_stub_ffi.h, $(GC_SRCS))
-
+endif
C_SRCS = $(filter-out $(EXCLUDED_C_SRCS),$(filter %.c,$(SRCS)))
C_OBJS = $(addsuffix .$(way_)o,$(basename $(C_SRCS)))