diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d134b768..20b02c3a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ ggml-backend.o: ggml-backend.c ggml.h ggml-backend.h
 ggml-quants.o: ggml-quants.c ggml.h ggml-quants.h
 	$(CC)  $(CFLAGS)   -c $< -o $@
 
-WHISPER_OBJ += ggml-alloc.o ggml-backend.o ggml-quants.o
+WHISPER_OBJ += ggml.o ggml-alloc.o ggml-backend.o ggml-quants.o
 
 whisper.o: whisper.cpp whisper.h ggml.h ggml-cuda.h
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
@@ -331,11 +331,11 @@ ggml-metal.o: ggml-metal.m ggml-metal.h
 WHISPER_OBJ += ggml-metal.o
 endif
 
-libwhisper.a: ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ)
-	$(AR) rcs libwhisper.a ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ)
+libwhisper.a: $(WHISPER_OBJ)
+	$(AR) rcs libwhisper.a $(WHISPER_OBJ)
 
-libwhisper.so: ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -shared -o libwhisper.so ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ) $(LDFLAGS)
+libwhisper.so: $(WHISPER_OBJ)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -shared -o libwhisper.so $(WHISPER_OBJ) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o main stream command talk talk-llama bench quantize lsp libwhisper.a libwhisper.so
@@ -349,30 +349,30 @@ CC_SDL=`sdl2-config --cflags --libs`
 SRC_COMMON     = examples/common.cpp examples/common-ggml.cpp
 SRC_COMMON_SDL = examples/common-sdl.cpp
 
-main: examples/main/main.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/main/main.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ) -o main $(LDFLAGS)
+main: examples/main/main.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(WHISPER_OBJ)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/main/main.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(WHISPER_OBJ) -o main $(LDFLAGS)
 	./main -h
 
-bench: examples/bench/bench.cpp ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/bench/bench.cpp ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ) -o bench $(LDFLAGS)
+bench: examples/bench/bench.cpp $(WHISPER_OBJ)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/bench/bench.cpp $(WHISPER_OBJ) -o bench $(LDFLAGS)
 
-quantize: examples/quantize/quantize.cpp ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ) $(SRC_COMMON)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/quantize/quantize.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ) -o quantize $(LDFLAGS)
+quantize: examples/quantize/quantize.cpp $(WHISPER_OBJ) $(SRC_COMMON)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/quantize/quantize.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(WHISPER_OBJ) -o quantize $(LDFLAGS)
 
-stream: examples/stream/stream.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/stream/stream.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ) -o stream $(CC_SDL) $(LDFLAGS)
+stream: examples/stream/stream.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) $(WHISPER_OBJ)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/stream/stream.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) $(WHISPER_OBJ) -o stream $(CC_SDL) $(LDFLAGS)
 
-command: examples/command/command.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/command/command.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ) -o command $(CC_SDL) $(LDFLAGS)
+command: examples/command/command.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) $(WHISPER_OBJ)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/command/command.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) $(WHISPER_OBJ) -o command $(CC_SDL) $(LDFLAGS)
 
-lsp: examples/lsp/lsp.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/lsp/lsp.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ) -o lsp $(CC_SDL) $(LDFLAGS)
+lsp: examples/lsp/lsp.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) $(WHISPER_OBJ)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/lsp/lsp.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) $(WHISPER_OBJ) -o lsp $(CC_SDL) $(LDFLAGS)
 
-talk: examples/talk/talk.cpp examples/talk/gpt-2.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/talk/talk.cpp examples/talk/gpt-2.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ) -o talk $(CC_SDL) $(LDFLAGS)
+talk: examples/talk/talk.cpp examples/talk/gpt-2.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) $(WHISPER_OBJ)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/talk/talk.cpp examples/talk/gpt-2.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) $(WHISPER_OBJ) -o talk $(CC_SDL) $(LDFLAGS)
 
-talk-llama: examples/talk-llama/talk-llama.cpp examples/talk-llama/llama.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/talk-llama/talk-llama.cpp examples/talk-llama/llama.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) ggml.o $(WHISPER_OBJ) -o talk-llama $(CC_SDL) $(LDFLAGS)
+talk-llama: examples/talk-llama/talk-llama.cpp examples/talk-llama/llama.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) $(WHISPER_OBJ)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) examples/talk-llama/talk-llama.cpp examples/talk-llama/llama.cpp $(SRC_COMMON) $(SRC_COMMON_SDL) $(WHISPER_OBJ) -o talk-llama $(CC_SDL) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 #
 # Audio samples