diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index 8791069af7..664f750a16 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -1320,9 +1320,8 @@ up::
 yes::
 no::
 
-EXTRACT_EXTLIBS = extract-extlibs
 after-update:: $(REVISION_H)
-after-update:: $(EXTRACT_EXTLIBS)
+after-update:: extract-extlibs
 after-update:: extract-gems
 
 update-remote:: update-src update-download
diff --git a/tool/make-snapshot b/tool/make-snapshot
index 27618c7b83..5c66d5b76f 100755
--- a/tool/make-snapshot
+++ b/tool/make-snapshot
@@ -463,7 +463,6 @@ def package(vcs, rev, destdir, tmp = nil)
       end
       vars.delete("UNICODE_FILES") # for stable branches
       vars["UNICODE_VERSION"] = $unicode_version if $unicode_version
-      vars["EXTRACT_EXTLIBS"] = ""
       args = vars.dup
       mk.gsub!(/@([A-Za-z_]\w*)@/) {args.delete($1); vars[$1] || ENV[$1]}
       mk << commonmk.gsub(/\{\$([^(){}]*)[^{}]*\}/, "").sub(/^revision\.tmp::$/, '\& Makefile')