$(foreach tool, $(tools-y), $(eval $(curdir)/$(tool)/compile += $(patsubst %,$(curdir)/%/compile,$(tools-core))))
tools-y += $(tools-core)
-# make core tools depend on sed and flock
-$(foreach tool, $(filter-out zstd,$(tools-core)), $(eval $(curdir)/$(tool)/compile += $(curdir)/sed/compile))
+# make some core tools depend on sed and flock
+$(curdir)/patch/compile += $(curdir)/sed/compile
+$(curdir)/tar/compile += $(curdir)/sed/compile
+$(curdir)/zstd/compile += $(curdir)/libdeflate/compile
$(curdir)/sed/compile := $(curdir)/flock/compile $(curdir)/zstd/compile
tools-y += flock sed