diff --git a/.cbuild_prog.tmp b/.cbuild_prog.tmp
deleted file mode 100644
index 573541a..0000000
--- a/.cbuild_prog.tmp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0
diff --git a/cbuild.sh b/cbuild.sh
index 3c9c7b3..6b5445e 100755
--- a/cbuild.sh
+++ b/cbuild.sh
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ build() {
     gen_makefile
     [ ! -d "${OBJDIR}" ] && mkdir "${OBJDIR}"
     export_vars
-    make -f "${MAKEFILE}" -e "${TARGET}" -n | grep "^${CC}" | wc -l > .cbuild_prog.tmp
+    make -f "${MAKEFILE}" -e "${TARGET}" -n | grep -c "^${CC}" > .cbuild_prog.tmp
     if [ "$(cat .cbuild_prog.tmp)" = 0 ]; then
         info "Target ${TARGET} up to date"
         rm .cbuild_prog.tmp
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ dry_run() {
 __progress__() {
     ntargets=$(cat .cbuild_prog.tmp)
     export_vars
-    rtargets="$(make -f "${MAKEFILE}" -e "${TARGET}" -n | grep "^${CC}" | wc -l)"
+    rtargets="$(make -f "${MAKEFILE}" -e "${TARGET}" -n | grep -c "^${CC}")"
     targetno=$((${ntargets} - ${rtargets} + 1))
     if [ "${1}" = "object" ]; then
         printf '[%3d/%d] ' "${targetno}" "${ntargets}"