diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3e761036e..ff684625b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ $(COMPRESSED_DIR)/%.png: $(QUANTIZED_DIR)/%.png | check_tools $(COMPRESSED_DIR)
 $(EMOJI).ttf: check_sequence $(EMOJI).tmpl.ttf $(EMOJI_BUILDER) $(PUA_ADDER) \
 	$(ALL_COMPRESSED_FILES) | check_tools
 
-	@$(PYTHON) $(EMOJI_BUILDER) $(SMALL_METRICS) -V $< "$@" "$(COMPRESSED_DIR)/emoji_u"
+	@$(PYTHON) $(EMOJI_BUILDER) $(SMALL_METRICS) -V $(word 2,$^) "$@" "$(COMPRESSED_DIR)/emoji_u"
 	@$(PYTHON) $(PUA_ADDER) "$@" "$@-with-pua"
 	@$(VS_ADDER) -vs 2640 2642 2695 --dstdir '.' -o "$@-with-pua-varsel" "$@-with-pua"
 	@mv "$@-with-pua-varsel" "$@"