diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index ea2e0c919d..d449a3e90d 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -1568,13 +1568,14 @@ update-bundled_gems: PHONY
 	$(GIT) -C "$(srcdir)" diff --no-ext-diff --ignore-submodules --exit-code || \
 	$(GIT) -C "$(srcdir)" commit -m "Update bundled_gems" gems/bundled_gems
 
-PRECHECK_BUNDLED_GEMS = test-bundled-gems-precheck
+PRECHECK_BUNDLED_GEMS = yes
 test-bundled-gems-precheck: $(TEST_RUNNABLE)-test-bundled-gems-precheck
-yes-test-bundled-gems-precheck: main
+yes-test-bundled-gems-precheck: $(PRECHECK_BUNDLED_GEMS:yes=main)
 no-test-bundled-gems-precheck:
 
-update-default-gemspecs: main
-	$(ACTIONS_GROUP)
+update-default-gemspecs: $(TEST_RUNNABLE)-update-default-gemspecs
+no-update-default-gemspecs:
+yes-update-default-gemspecs: $(PRECHECK_BUNDLED_GEMS:yes=main)
 	@$(MAKEDIRS) $(srcdir)/.bundle/specifications
 	@$(XRUBY) -W0 -C "$(srcdir)" -rrubygems \
 	    -e "destdir = ARGV.shift" \
@@ -1593,27 +1594,32 @@ update-default-gemspecs: main
 	    -e   "end" \
 	    -e "end" \
 	    -- .bundle/specifications lib ext
-	$(ACTIONS_ENDGROUP)
 
-install-for-test-bundled-gems: update-default-gemspecs
-	$(ACTIONS_GROUP)
+install-for-test-bundled-gems: $(TEST_RUNNABLE)-install-for-test-bundled-gems
+no-install-for-test-bundled-gems: no-update-default-gemspecs
+yes-install-for-test-bundled-gems: yes-update-default-gemspecs
 	$(XRUBY) -C "$(srcdir)" -r./tool/lib/gem_env.rb bin/gem \
 		install --no-document --conservative \
 		"hoe" "json-schema" "test-unit-rr" "simplecov" "simplecov-html" "simplecov-json"
-	$(ACTIONS_ENDGROUP)
 
 test-bundled-gems-fetch: yes-test-bundled-gems-fetch
 yes-test-bundled-gems-fetch:
-	$(ACTIONS_GROUP)
 	$(Q) $(BASERUBY) -C $(srcdir)/gems ../tool/fetch-bundled_gems.rb BUNDLED_GEMS="$(BUNDLED_GEMS)" src bundled_gems
-	$(ACTIONS_ENDGROUP)
 no-test-bundled-gems-fetch:
 
-test-bundled-gems-prepare: $(PRECHECK_BUNDLED_GEMS) test-bundled-gems-fetch
 test-bundled-gems-prepare: $(TEST_RUNNABLE)-test-bundled-gems-prepare
 no-test-bundled-gems-prepare: no-test-bundled-gems-precheck no-test-bundled-gems-fetch
-yes-test-bundled-gems-prepare: yes-test-bundled-gems-precheck yes-test-bundled-gems-fetch
-yes-test-bundled-gems-prepare: install-for-test-bundled-gems
+Preparing-test-bundled-gems:
+	$(ACTIONS_GROUP)
+yes-test-bundled-gems-prepare: Preparing-test-bundled-gems $(DOT_WAIT)
+	$(ACTIONS_ENDGROUP)
+yes-test-bundled-gems-prepare: yes-test-bundled-gems-precheck $(DOT_WAIT)
+yes-test-bundled-gems-prepare: yes-install-for-test-bundled-gems $(DOT_WAIT)
+yes-test-bundled-gems-prepare: yes-test-bundled-gems-fetch $(DOT_WAIT)
+yes-test-bundled-gems-precheck: Preparing-test-bundled-gems
+yes-install-for-test-bundled-gems: Preparing-test-bundled-gems
+yes-test-bundled-gems-fetch: Preparing-test-bundled-gems
+
 
 PREPARE_BUNDLED_GEMS = test-bundled-gems-prepare
 test-bundled-gems: $(TEST_RUNNABLE)-test-bundled-gems $(DOT_WAIT) $(TEST_RUNNABLE)-test-bundled-gems-spec