diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 93352e4b7..ad825a05e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ serve-backend:
 
 # TODO: maybe deprecated
 .PHONY: database
-database: .stack .stack-work.lock compile-backend-prod
+database: .stack compile-backend-prod
 	export SERVER_SESSION_ACID_FALLBACK=$${SERVER_SESSION_ACID_FALLBACK:-true}
 	export AVSPASS=$${AVSPASS:-nopasswordset}
 	stack exec uniworxdb -- $(db)
@@ -192,15 +192,17 @@ database-%:
 	@echo "This target, intended to fill, clear, migrate, ... the database using uniworxdb from inside the backend container is yet to be implemented"
 	exit 1
 
-.PHONY: .stack
+# .PHONY: .stack
 .stack: stack.yaml stack.yaml.lock
 .stack:
 	$(MAKE) -- --image-run---.stack
+.PHONY: --.stack
 --.stack: stack.yaml stack.yaml.lock
 	stack build --fast --only-dependencies $(stackopts)
 
-.stack-work.lock:
-	[ "${FLOCKER}" != "$0" ] && exec env FLOCKER="$0" flock -en .stack-work.lock "$0" "$@" || :
+# TODO: deprecated, remove
+# .stack-work.lock:
+# 	[ "${FLOCKER}" != "$0" ] && exec env FLOCKER="$0" flock -en .stack-work.lock "$0" "$@" || :
 
 ##### BACKEND TARGETS #####
 ###########################