diff --git a/src/lib/lib.mak b/src/lib/lib.mak
index 923e6aca196..9867c6459dc 100644
--- a/src/lib/lib.mak
+++ b/src/lib/lib.mak
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ OBJDIRS += \
 #-------------------------------------------------
 
 UTILOBJS = \
+	$(OSDOBJ)/osdcore.o \
 	$(LIBOBJ)/util/astring.o \
 	$(LIBOBJ)/util/avhuff.o \
 	$(LIBOBJ)/util/aviio.o \
diff --git a/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak b/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak
index 03530cbd88d..07191629cad 100644
--- a/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak
+++ b/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak
@@ -404,7 +404,6 @@ OBJDIRS += $(SDLOBJ) \
 #-------------------------------------------------
 
 OSDCOREOBJS = \
-	$(OSDOBJ)/osdcore.o \
 	$(SDLOBJ)/strconv.o \
 	$(SDLOBJ)/sdldir.o  \
 	$(SDLOBJ)/sdlfile.o     \
diff --git a/src/osd/windows/windows.mak b/src/osd/windows/windows.mak
index 1b5ed10f953..3ce30b9d3ab 100644
--- a/src/osd/windows/windows.mak
+++ b/src/osd/windows/windows.mak
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ LIBS += -lcomdlg32
 #-------------------------------------------------
 
 OSDCOREOBJS = \
-	$(OSDOBJ)/osdcore.o \
 	$(WINOBJ)/main.o    \
 	$(WINOBJ)/strconv.o \
 	$(WINOBJ)/windir.o \