diff --git a/Makefile.system b/Makefile.system
index ccae33ca2..6e98b3fc8 100644
--- a/Makefile.system
+++ b/Makefile.system
@@ -284,8 +284,10 @@ GETARCH_FLAGS += -DHAVE_GAS=$(HAVE_GAS)
 # Generating Makefile.conf and config.h
 DUMMY := $(shell $(MAKE) -C $(TOPDIR) -f Makefile.prebuild CC="$(CC)" FC="$(FC)" HOSTCC="$(HOSTCC)" HOST_CFLAGS="$(GETARCH_FLAGS)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" BINARY=$(BINARY) USE_OPENMP=$(USE_OPENMP) DYNAMIC_ARCH=$(DYNAMIC_ARCH) TARGET_CORE=$(TARGET_CORE) ONLY_CBLAS=$(ONLY_CBLAS) TARGET=$(TARGET) all)
 
+endif
+
 ifndef TARGET_CORE
-include $(TOPDIR)/Makefile.conf
+-include $(TOPDIR)/Makefile.conf
 else
 HAVE_NEON=
 HAVE_VFP=
@@ -306,7 +308,6 @@ HAVE_FMA3=
 include $(TOPDIR)/Makefile_kernel.conf
 endif
 
-endif
 
 ifndef NUM_PARALLEL
 NUM_PARALLEL = 1