diff --git a/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
index d54237e6c1..766444d307 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2838,8 +2838,6 @@ add_custom_command (
   )
 
 execute_process (
-  COMMAND make clean
-  COMMAND make -j2
   COMMAND make check_vcd
   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${OPENAIR_DIR}/common/utils/T
 )
diff --git a/common/utils/T/Makefile b/common/utils/T/Makefile
index 0588c88a45..f53a642b0b 100644
--- a/common/utils/T/Makefile
+++ b/common/utils/T/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ T_messages.txt.h: T_messages.txt
 T_IDs.h: $(GENIDS) T_messages.txt
 	./$(GENIDS) T_messages.txt T_IDs.h
 
-check_vcd:
+check_vcd: T_IDs.h
 	gcc -Wall -I. -I.. -I../itti -I../../../openair2/COMMON -Itracer -o _check_vcd check_vcd.c tracer/database.c tracer/utils.c -lm -pthread
 	./_check_vcd || (rm -f ./_check_vcd ./T_IDs.h ./T_messages.txt.h && false)
 	rm -f ./_check_vcd