diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 668630512c9..722303bd5ca 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.arlock
 .depend
 Make.dep
 *.o
diff --git a/Application.mk b/Application.mk
index 641e89b85e2..511050614b1 100644
--- a/Application.mk
+++ b/Application.mk
@@ -129,12 +129,6 @@ $(CXXOBJS): %$(SUFFIX)$(OBJEXT): %$(CXXEXT)
 		$(call ELFCOMPILEXX, $<, $@), $(call COMPILEXX, $<, $@))
 
 .built: $(OBJS)
-ifeq ($(WINTOOL),y)
-	$(call ARLOCK, "${shell cygpath -w $(BIN)}", $(OBJS))
-else
-	$(call ARLOCK, $(BIN), $(OBJS))
-endif
-	$(Q) touch $@
 
 ifeq ($(BUILD_MODULE),y)
 
@@ -163,6 +157,9 @@ endif
 
 install:: $(PROGLIST)
 
+show-objs:
+	@echo ""
+
 else
 
 MAINNAME := $(addsuffix _main,$(PROGNAME))
@@ -185,6 +182,9 @@ endif
 
 install::
 
+show-objs:
+	@echo $(addprefix $(CWD)$(DELIM),$(OBJS))
+
 endif # BUILD_MODULE
 
 preconfig::
diff --git a/Directory.mk b/Directory.mk
index 31cf4f257d3..74b9a936a77 100644
--- a/Directory.mk
+++ b/Directory.mk
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ $(foreach SDIR, $(SUBDIRS), $(eval $(call SDIR_template,$(SDIR),context)))
 $(foreach SDIR, $(SUBDIRS), $(eval $(call SDIR_template,$(SDIR),depend)))
 $(foreach SDIR, $(SUBDIRS), $(eval $(call SDIR_template,$(SDIR),clean)))
 $(foreach SDIR, $(SUBDIRS), $(eval $(call SDIR_template,$(SDIR),distclean)))
+$(foreach SDIR, $(SUBDIRS), $(eval $(call SDIR_template,$(SDIR),show-objs)))
 
 nothing:
 
@@ -75,4 +76,6 @@ ifneq ($(MENUDESC),)
 	$(call DELFILE, Kconfig)
 endif
 
+show-objs: $(foreach SDIR, $(SUBDIRS), $(SDIR)_show-objs)
+
 -include Make.dep
diff --git a/Make.defs b/Make.defs
index 89a649b39c0..d48fa38f499 100644
--- a/Make.defs
+++ b/Make.defs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ CLEANDIRS := $(dir $(wildcard $(APPDIR)$(DELIM)*$(DELIM)Makefile))
 CONFIGURED_APPS :=
 
 define Add_Application
-	include $(1)Make.defs
+  include $(1)Make.defs
 endef
 
 $(foreach BDIR, $(BUILDIRS), $(eval $(call Add_Application,$(BDIR))))
@@ -99,10 +99,6 @@ define REGISTER
 endef
 endif
 
-define ARLOCK
-	$(Q) flock .arlock $(call ARCHIVE, $1, $(2))
-endef
-
 # Tools
 
 ifeq ($(DIRLINK),)
@@ -152,11 +148,3 @@ endif
 
 CFLAGS   += ${shell $(INCDIR) $(INCDIROPT) "$(CC)" "$(APPDIR)$(DELIM)include"}
 CXXFLAGS += ${shell $(INCDIR) $(INCDIROPT) "$(CC)" "$(APPDIR)$(DELIM)include"}
-
-ifneq ($(CONFIG_BUILD_KERNEL),y)
-ifeq ($(WINTOOL),y)
-  LDLIBS ?= "${shell cygpath -w $(BIN)}"
-else
-  LDLIBS ?= $(BIN)
-endif
-endif
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dfb9da882df..53b6fa50267 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ endif
 SYMTABSRC = symtab_apps.c
 SYMTABOBJ = $(SYMTABSRC:.c=$(OBJEXT))
 
+APPOBJS = $(shell $(MAKE) show-objs TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" APPDIR="$(APPDIR)")
+
 # Build targets
 
 all: $(BIN)
@@ -66,6 +68,11 @@ define MAKE_template
 
 endef
 
+define MAKE_template_quiet
+	@ $(MAKE) -C $(1) $(2) TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" APPDIR="$(APPDIR)" V=0 Q=@
+
+endef
+
 define SDIR_template
 $(1)_$(2):
 	+$(Q) $(MAKE) -C $(1) $(2) TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" APPDIR="$(APPDIR)"
@@ -105,6 +112,11 @@ else
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_BUILD_LOADABLE),)
 
 $(BIN): $(foreach SDIR, $(CONFIGURED_APPS), $(SDIR)_all)
+ifeq ($(WINTOOL),y)
+	$(call ARCHIVE, "${shell cygpath -w $(BIN)}", $(APPOBJS))
+else
+	$(call ARCHIVE, $(BIN), $(APPOBJS))
+endif
 
 else
 
@@ -117,9 +129,9 @@ $(SYMTABOBJ): %$(OBJEXT): %.c
 
 $(BIN): $(SYMTABOBJ)
 ifeq ($(WINTOOL),y)
-	$(call ARLOCK, "${shell cygpath -w $(BIN)}", $^)
+	$(call ARCHIVE, "${shell cygpath -w $(BIN)}", $(APPOBJS) $(SYMTABOBJ))
 else
-	$(call ARLOCK, $(BIN), $^)
+	$(call ARCHIVE, $(BIN), $(APPOBJS) $(SYMTABOBJ))
 endif
 
 endif # !CONFIG_BUILD_LOADABLE
@@ -155,6 +167,9 @@ Kconfig:
 
 preconfig: Kconfig
 
+show-objs:
+	$(foreach SDIR, $(CONFIGURED_APPS), $(call MAKE_template_quiet,$(SDIR),show-objs))
+
 export:
 ifneq ($(EXPORTDIR),)
 ifneq ($(BUILTIN_REGISTRY),)
@@ -198,7 +213,6 @@ else
 		fi; \
 	)
 endif
-	$(call DELFILE, .arlock)
 	$(call DELFILE, .depend)
 	$(call DELFILE, $(SYMTABSRC))
 	$(call DELFILE, $(SYMTABOBJ))