diff --git a/reactos/Makefile b/reactos/Makefile
index c79c4ca6a78..f32aaff14ce 100644
--- a/reactos/Makefile
+++ b/reactos/Makefile
@@ -133,11 +133,9 @@ else
 endif
 
 mkdir = $(Q)$(INTERMEDIATE)rmkdir
-CREATED = .created
 
-directories:
-	-${nmkdir} $(INTERMEDIATE_NO_SLASH)
-	-${nmkdir} $(OUTPUT_NO_SLASH)
+$(INTERMEDIATE_NO_SLASH):
+	${nmkdir} $(INTERMEDIATE_NO_SLASH)
 
 NTOSKRNL_MC = .$(SEP)ntoskrnl$(SEP)ntoskrnl.mc
 KERNEL32_MC = .$(SEP)lib$(SEP)kernel32$(SEP)kernel32.mc
@@ -158,7 +156,7 @@ PREAUTO := \
 	$(ERRCODES_RC) \
 	$(NCI_SERVICE_FILES)
 
-makefile.auto: $(RMKDIR_TARGET) $(WINEBUILD_TARGET) $(RBUILD_TARGET) $(PREAUTO) $(XMLBUILDFILES)
+makefile.auto: $(RMKDIR_TARGET) $(BIN2RES_TARGET) $(WINEBUILD_TARGET) $(RBUILD_TARGET) $(PREAUTO) $(XMLBUILDFILES)
 	$(ECHO_RBUILD)
 	$(Q)tools$(SEP)rbuild$(SEP)rbuild$(EXEPOSTFIX) mingw
 
diff --git a/reactos/ReactOS.xml b/reactos/ReactOS.xml
index 8f8d2a37fa5..80ba92a4729 100644
--- a/reactos/ReactOS.xml
+++ b/reactos/ReactOS.xml
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@
 	<directory name="drivers">
 		<xi:include href="drivers/directory.xml" />
 	</directory>
-	<directory name="tools">
-		<xi:include href="tools/tools.xml" />
-	</directory>
 	<directory name="hal">
 		<xi:include href="hal/directory.xml" />
 	</directory>
diff --git a/reactos/lib/zlib/zlib.mak b/reactos/lib/zlib/zlib.mak
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..4801572f213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reactos/lib/zlib/zlib.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+ZLIB_BASE = lib$(SEP)zlib
+
+ZLIB_BASE_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(ZLIB_BASE)
+
+#$(ZLIB_BASE_DIR): $(INTERMEDIATE_NO_SLASH) $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
+#	${mkdir} $(INTERMEDIATE)$(ZLIB_BASE)
+
+ZLIB_HOST_TARGET = \
+	$(INTERMEDIATE)$(ZLIB_BASE)$(SEP)zlib.host.a
+
+ZLIB_HOST_SOURCES = \
+	$(ZLIB_BASE)$(SEP)cdmake.c \
+	$(ZLIB_BASE)$(SEP)llmosrt.c \
+	$(ZLIB_BASE)$(SEP)adler32.c \
+	$(ZLIB_BASE)$(SEP)compress.c \
+	$(ZLIB_BASE)$(SEP)crc32.c \
+	$(ZLIB_BASE)$(SEP)gzio.c \
+	$(ZLIB_BASE)$(SEP)uncompr.c \
+	$(ZLIB_BASE)$(SEP)deflate.c \
+	$(ZLIB_BASE)$(SEP)trees.c \
+	$(ZLIB_BASE)$(SEP)zutil.c \
+	$(ZLIB_BASE)$(SEP)inflate.c \
+	$(ZLIB_BASE)$(SEP)infblock.c \
+	$(ZLIB_BASE)$(SEP)inftrees.c \
+	$(ZLIB_BASE)$(SEP)infcodes.c \
+	$(ZLIB_BASE)$(SEP)infutil.c \
+	$(ZLIB_BASE)$(SEP)inffast.c
+
+ZLIB_HOST_OBJECTS = \
+	$(ZLIB_HOST_SOURCES:.c=.o)
+
+ZLIB_HOST_CFLAGS = -MMD -O3 -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wpointer-arith -Wconversion \
+  -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes
+
+$(ZLIB_HOST_TARGET): $(ZLIB_HOST_BASE_DIR) $(ZLIB_HOST_OBJECTS)
+	$(ECHO_AR)
+	$(host_ar) -r $(ZLIB_HOST_TARGET) $(ZLIB_HOST_OBJECTS)
+
+$(ZLIB_HOST_OBJECTS): %.o : %.c $(ZLIB_BASE_DIR)
+	$(ECHO_CC)
+	${host_gcc} $(ZLIB_HOST_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
+.PHONY: zlib_host_clean
+zlib_host_clean:
+	-@$(rm) $(ZLIB_HOST_TARGET) $(ZLIB_HOST_OBJECTS) 2>$(NUL)
+clean: zlib_clean
diff --git a/reactos/lib/zlib/zlib.xml b/reactos/lib/zlib/zlib.xml
index bc2d9628a5b..61acd9ea6d3 100644
--- a/reactos/lib/zlib/zlib.xml
+++ b/reactos/lib/zlib/zlib.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 <module name="zlib" type="staticlibrary">
 	<xi:include href="zlib_common.xml" />
 </module>
-
-<module name="hostzlib" type="staticlibrary" host="true" prefix="host_">
-	<xi:include href="zlib_common.xml" />
-</module>
diff --git a/reactos/tools/bin2res/Makefile b/reactos/tools/bin2res/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e110c0e5f5..00000000000
--- a/reactos/tools/bin2res/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-PATH_TO_TOP = ../..
-
-TARGET = bin2res$(EXE_POSTFIX)
-
-all: $(TARGET)
-
-OBJECTS = bin2res.o mkstemps.o
-
-CLEAN_FILES = *.o bin2res$(EXE_POSTFIX)
-
-HOST_CFLAGS = -I$(PATH_TO_TOP)/include/wine -D__REACTOS__ -Wall -Werror
-
-bin2res.o: bin2res.c
-	$(HOST_CC) -g $(HOST_CFLAGS) -c bin2res.c -o bin2res.o
-
-mkstemps.o: mkstemps.c
-	$(HOST_CC) -g $(HOST_CFLAGS) -c mkstemps.c -o mkstemps.o
-
-bin2res$(EXE_POSTFIX): $(OBJECTS)
-	$(HOST_CC) -g $(OBJECTS) -o $(TARGET)
-
-ifeq ($(HOST),mingw32-linux)
-clean:
-	rm -f *.o $(TARGET)
-endif
-ifneq ($(HOST),mingw32-linux)
-clean:
-	del *.o $(TARGET)
-endif
-
-.PHONY: clean
-
-include $(PATH_TO_TOP)/rules.mak
diff --git a/reactos/tools/bin2res/bin2res.mak b/reactos/tools/bin2res/bin2res.mak
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1ce0c7b901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reactos/tools/bin2res/bin2res.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+BIN2RES_BASE = tools$(SEP)bin2res
+
+BIN2RES_BASE_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(BIN2RES_BASE)
+
+$(BIN2RES_BASE_DIR): $(INTERMEDIATE_NO_SLASH) $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
+	${mkdir} $(INTERMEDIATE)$(BIN2RES_BASE)
+
+BIN2RES_TARGET = \
+	$(INTERMEDIATE)$(BIN2RES_BASE)$(SEP)bin2res$(EXEPOSTFIX)
+
+BIN2RES_SOURCES = \
+	$(BIN2RES_BASE)$(SEP)bin2res.c \
+	$(BIN2RES_BASE)$(SEP)mkstemps.c
+
+BIN2RES_OBJECTS = \
+	$(BIN2RES_SOURCES:.c=.o)
+
+BIN2RES_HOST_CFLAGS = -Iinclude/wine -D__REACTOS__ -g -Werror -Wall
+
+BIN2RES_HOST_LFLAGS = -g
+
+$(BIN2RES_TARGET): $(BIN2RES_BASE_DIR) $(BIN2RES_OBJECTS)
+	$(ECHO_LD)
+	${host_gcc} $(BIN2RES_OBJECTS) $(BIN2RES_HOST_LFLAGS) -o $(BIN2RES_TARGET)
+
+$(BIN2RES_OBJECTS): %.o : %.c $(BIN2RES_BASE_DIR)
+	$(ECHO_CC)
+	${host_gcc} $(BIN2RES_HOST_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
+.PHONY: bin2res_clean
+bin2res_clean:
+	-@$(rm) $(BIN2RES_TARGET) $(BIN2RES_OBJECTS) 2>$(NUL)
+clean: bin2res_clean
diff --git a/reactos/tools/bin2res/bin2res.xml b/reactos/tools/bin2res/bin2res.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index fb64b8d1353..00000000000
--- a/reactos/tools/bin2res/bin2res.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<module name="bin2res" type="buildtool">
-	<include base="ReactOS">include/wine</include>
-	<define name="__REACTOS__" />
-	<file>bin2res.c</file>
-	<file>mkstemps.c</file>
-</module>
diff --git a/reactos/tools/buildno/buildno.mak b/reactos/tools/buildno/buildno.mak
index 29664a6c974..cf95d08a88a 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/buildno/buildno.mak
+++ b/reactos/tools/buildno/buildno.mak
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 BUILDNO_BASE = tools$(SEP)buildno
 
-BUILDNO_BASE_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(BUILDNO_BASE)$(SEP)$(CREATED)
+BUILDNO_BASE_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(BUILDNO_BASE)
 
 $(BUILDNO_BASE_DIR): $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
 	${mkdir} $(INTERMEDIATE)$(BUILDNO_BASE)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ BUILDNO_HOST_LFLAGS = -g
 
 $(BUILDNO_TARGET): $(BUILDNO_BASE_DIR) $(BUILDNO_OBJECTS)
 	$(ECHO_LD)
-	${host_gpp} $(BUILDNO_OBJECTS) $(BUILDNO_HOST_CFLAGS) -o $(BUILDNO_TARGET)
+	${host_gpp} $(BUILDNO_OBJECTS) $(BUILDNO_HOST_LFLAGS) -o $(BUILDNO_TARGET)
 
 $(INTERMEDIATE)$(BUILDNO_BASE)$(SEP)buildno.o: $(BUILDNO_BASE_DIR) $(BUILDNO_BASE)$(SEP)buildno.cpp
 	$(ECHO_CC)
diff --git a/reactos/tools/cabman/cabman.mak b/reactos/tools/cabman/cabman.mak
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..556469503fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reactos/tools/cabman/cabman.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+CABMAN_BASE = tools$(SEP)cabman
+
+CABMAN_BASE_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(CABMAN_BASE)
+
+$(CABMAN_BASE_DIR): $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
+	${mkdir} $(INTERMEDIATE)$(CABMAN_BASE)
+
+CABMAN_TARGET = \
+	$(INTERMEDIATE)$(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)cabman$(EXEPOSTFIX)
+
+CABMAN_SOURCES = \
+	$(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)cabinet.cxx \
+	$(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)dfp.cxx \
+	$(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)main.cxx \
+	$(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)mszip.cxx \
+	$(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)raw.cxx
+
+CABMAN_OBJECTS = \
+  $(addprefix $(INTERMEDIATE), $(CABMAN_SOURCES:.cxx=.o))
+
+CABMAN_HOST_CFLAGS = -Iinclude/reactos -g -Werror -Wall
+
+CABMAN_HOST_LFLAGS = -g $(ZLIB_HOST_TARGET)
+
+$(CABMAN_TARGET): $(CABMAN_BASE_DIR) $(CABMAN_OBJECTS)
+	$(ECHO_LD)
+	${host_gpp} $(CABMAN_OBJECTS) $(CABMAN_HOST_LFLAGS) -o $(CABMAN_TARGET)
+
+$(INTERMEDIATE)$(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)cabinet.o: $(CABMAN_BASE_DIR) $(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)cabinet.cxx
+	$(ECHO_CC)
+	${host_gpp} $(CABMAN_HOST_CFLAGS) -c $(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)cabinet.cxx -o $(INTERMEDIATE)$(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)cabinet.o
+
+$(INTERMEDIATE)$(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)dfp.o: $(CABMAN_BASE_DIR) $(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)dfp.cxx
+	$(ECHO_CC)
+	${host_gpp} $(CABMAN_HOST_CFLAGS) -c $(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)dfp.cxx -o $(INTERMEDIATE)$(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)dfp.o
+
+$(INTERMEDIATE)$(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)main.o: $(CABMAN_BASE_DIR) $(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)main.cxx
+	$(ECHO_CC)
+	${host_gpp} $(CABMAN_HOST_CFLAGS) -c $(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)main.cxx -o $(INTERMEDIATE)$(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)main.o
+
+$(INTERMEDIATE)$(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)mszip.o: $(CABMAN_BASE_DIR) $(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)mszip.cxx
+	$(ECHO_CC)
+	${host_gpp} $(CABMAN_HOST_CFLAGS) -c $(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)mszip.cxx -o $(INTERMEDIATE)$(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)mszip.o
+
+$(INTERMEDIATE)$(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)raw.o: $(CABMAN_BASE_DIR) $(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)raw.cxx
+	$(ECHO_CC)
+	${host_gpp} $(CABMAN_HOST_CFLAGS) -c $(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)raw.cxx -o $(INTERMEDIATE)$(CABMAN_BASE)$(SEP)raw.o
+
+.PHONY: cabman_clean
+cabman_clean:
+	-@$(rm) $(CABMAN_TARGET) $(CABMAN_OBJECTS) 2>$(NUL)
diff --git a/reactos/tools/cabman/cabman.xml b/reactos/tools/cabman/cabman.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index f436e9741f0..00000000000
--- a/reactos/tools/cabman/cabman.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<module name="cabman" type="buildtool">
-	<include base="cabman">.</include>
-	<include base="hostzlib">.</include>
-	<library>hostzlib</library>
-	<file>cabinet.cxx</file>
-	<file>dfp.cxx</file>
-	<file>main.cxx</file>
-	<file>mszip.cxx</file>
-	<file>raw.cxx</file>
-</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/reactos/tools/cabman/makefile b/reactos/tools/cabman/makefile
deleted file mode 100755
index 46936b636dc..00000000000
--- a/reactos/tools/cabman/makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-TOP = ../..
-DEFAULT = cabman
-include $(TOP)/proxy.mak
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/reactos/tools/cdmake/cdmake.mak b/reactos/tools/cdmake/cdmake.mak
index 105e5e74dd6..befbd7103b9 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/cdmake/cdmake.mak
+++ b/reactos/tools/cdmake/cdmake.mak
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 CDMAKE_BASE = tools$(SEP)cdmake
 
-CDMAKE_BASE_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(CDMAKE_BASE)$(SEP)$(CREATED)
+CDMAKE_BASE_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(CDMAKE_BASE)
 
-$(CDMAKE_BASE_DIR): $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
+$(CDMAKE_BASE_DIR): $(INTERMEDIATE_NO_SLASH) $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
 	${mkdir} $(INTERMEDIATE)$(CDMAKE_BASE)
 
 CDMAKE_TARGET = \
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ CDMAKE_HOST_LFLAGS = -g
 
 $(CDMAKE_TARGET): $(CDMAKE_BASE_DIR) $(CDMAKE_OBJECTS)
 	$(ECHO_LD)
-	${host_gcc} $(CDMAKE_OBJECTS) $(CDMAKE_HOST_CFLAGS) -o $(CDMAKE_TARGET)
+	${host_gcc} $(CDMAKE_OBJECTS) $(CDMAKE_HOST_LFLAGS) -o $(CDMAKE_TARGET)
 
 $(CDMAKE_OBJECTS): %.o : %.c $(CDMAKE_BASE_DIR)
 	$(ECHO_CC)
-	${host_gcc} $(CDMAKE_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+	${host_gcc} $(CDMAKE_HOST_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 .PHONY: cdmake_clean
 cdmake_clean:
diff --git a/reactos/tools/nci/nci.mak b/reactos/tools/nci/nci.mak
index f0b767b2053..0b9458af030 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/nci/nci.mak
+++ b/reactos/tools/nci/nci.mak
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 NCI_BASE = tools$(SEP)nci
 
-CDMAKE_BASE_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(NCI_BASE)$(SEP)$(CREATED)
+CDMAKE_BASE_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(NCI_BASE)
 
-$(CDMAKE_BASE_DIR): $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
+$(CDMAKE_BASE_DIR): $(INTERMEDIATE_NO_SLASH) $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
 	${mkdir} $(INTERMEDIATE)$(NCI_BASE)
 
 NCI_TARGET = \
diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp
index 610439ba55c..af30e8c5962 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@ MingwBackend::CreateDirectoryTargetIfNotYetCreated ( const string& directory )
 	directories.insert ( directory );
 }
 
-const string
-MingwBackend::GetDirectoryDependency ( const string& directory )
-{
-	return directory + SSEP "$(CREATED)";
-}
-
 
 void
 MingwBackend::Process ()
@@ -343,7 +337,7 @@ MingwBackend::GenerateDirectoryTargets ()
 		{
 			fprintf ( fMakefile,
 			          "%s:\n",
-			          GetDirectoryDependency ( *i ).c_str () );
+			          i->c_str () );
 			fprintf ( fMakefile, 
 			          "\t${mkdir} %s\n\n",
 			          i->c_str () );
diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.h b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.h
index d7cabbb3e8e..fc8b38c40c2 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.h
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ public:
 	virtual ~MingwBackend () { };
 	virtual void Process ();
 	void CreateDirectoryTargetIfNotYetCreated ( const std::string& directory );
-	const std::string GetDirectoryDependency ( const std::string& directory );
 private:
 	void ProcessModule ( Module& module );
 	void CreateMakefile ();
diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/modulehandler.cpp b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/modulehandler.cpp
index 8757cc4a416..9ef1b3af21c 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/modulehandler.cpp
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/modulehandler.cpp
@@ -90,12 +90,6 @@ MingwModuleHandler::PassThruCacheDirectory ( const string &file )
 	return file;
 }
 
-const string
-MingwModuleHandler::GetDirectoryDependency ( const string& file )
-{
-	return backend->GetDirectoryDependency ( GetDirectory ( file ) );
-}
-
 void
 MingwModuleHandler::SetMakefile ( FILE* f )
 {
@@ -733,7 +727,7 @@ MingwModuleHandler::GenerateGccCommand ( const Module& module,
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 	          "%s: %s %s\n",
 	          objectFilename.c_str (),
-	          GetDirectoryDependency ( objectFilename ).c_str (),
+	          objectFilename.c_str (),
 	          deps.c_str () );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_CC)\n" );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
@@ -755,7 +749,7 @@ MingwModuleHandler::GenerateGccAssemblerCommand ( const Module& module,
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 	          "%s: %s %s\n",
 	          objectFilename.c_str (),
-	          GetDirectoryDependency ( objectFilename ).c_str (),
+	          objectFilename.c_str (),
 	          sourceFilename.c_str () );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_GAS)\n" );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
@@ -776,7 +770,7 @@ MingwModuleHandler::GenerateNasmCommand ( const Module& module,
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 	          "%s: %s %s\n",
 	          objectFilename.c_str (),
-	          GetDirectoryDependency ( objectFilename ).c_str (),
+	          objectFilename.c_str (),
 	          sourceFilename.c_str () );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_NASM)\n" );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
@@ -801,7 +795,7 @@ MingwModuleHandler::GenerateWindresCommand ( const Module& module,
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 	          "%s: %s %s $(WRC_TARGET)\n",
 	          objectFilename.c_str (),
-	          GetDirectoryDependency ( objectFilename ).c_str (),
+	          objectFilename.c_str (),
 	          sourceFilename.c_str () );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_WRC)\n" );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
@@ -1375,7 +1369,7 @@ MingwModuleHandler::GenerateImportLibraryTargetIfNeeded (
 		string definitionDependencies = GetDefinitionDependencies ( module );
 		fprintf ( fMakefile, "%s: %s %s\n",
 		          library_target.c_str (),
-		          GetDirectoryDependency ( library_target ).c_str (),
+		          library_target.c_str (),
 		          definitionDependencies.c_str () );
 
 		fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_DLLTOOL)\n" );
@@ -2191,7 +2185,7 @@ MingwIsoModuleHandler::GetBootstrapCdDirectories ( const string& bootcdDirectory
 			string targetDirecctory = bootcdDirectory + SSEP + m.bootstrap->base;
 			if ( directories.size () > 0 )
 				directories += " ";
-			directories += GetDirectoryDependency ( PassThruCacheDirectory ( FixupTargetFilename ( targetDirecctory ) ) );
+			directories += PassThruCacheDirectory ( FixupTargetFilename ( targetDirecctory ) );
 		}
 	}
 	return directories;
@@ -2208,7 +2202,7 @@ MingwIsoModuleHandler::GetNonModuleCdDirectories ( const string& bootcdDirectory
 		string targetDirecctory = bootcdDirectory + SSEP + cdfile.base;
 		if ( directories.size () > 0 )
 			directories += " ";
-		directories += GetDirectoryDependency ( PassThruCacheDirectory ( FixupTargetFilename ( targetDirecctory ) ) );
+		directories += PassThruCacheDirectory ( FixupTargetFilename ( targetDirecctory ) );
 	}
 	return directories;
 }
@@ -2280,7 +2274,7 @@ MingwIsoModuleHandler::GenerateIsoModuleTarget ( const Module& module, string_li
 	          "%s: all %s %s %s %s ${CABMAN_TARGET} ${CDMAKE_TARGET}\n",
 	          module.name.c_str (),
 	          isoboot.c_str (),
-	          GetDirectoryDependency ( PassThruCacheDirectory ( bootcdReactos ) ).c_str (),
+	          PassThruCacheDirectory ( bootcdReactos ).c_str (),
 	          cdDirectories.c_str (),
 	          cdFiles.c_str () );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_CABMAN)\n" );
diff --git a/reactos/tools/rmkdir.c b/reactos/tools/rmkdir.c
index ecb3b31bd43..b2120bbfe0f 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rmkdir.c
+++ b/reactos/tools/rmkdir.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #include <direct.h>
 #else
@@ -10,12 +9,6 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #endif
-#ifdef WIN32
-#include <sys/utime.h>
-#include <time.h>
-#else
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#endif
 
 #if defined(WIN32)
 #define DIR_SEPARATOR_CHAR '\\'
@@ -31,7 +24,6 @@ char* convert_path(char* origpath)
 {
    char* newpath;
    int i;
-   int length;
    
    //newpath = strdup(origpath);
 	 newpath=malloc(strlen(origpath)+1);
@@ -55,13 +47,6 @@ char* convert_path(char* origpath)
 #endif	
 	i++;
      }
-
-   length = strlen(newpath);
-   if (length > 0)
-     {
-        if (newpath[length - 1] == DIR_SEPARATOR_CHAR)
-          newpath[length - 1] = 0;
-     }
    return(newpath);
 }
 
@@ -95,43 +80,6 @@ int mkdir_p(char* path)
    return(0);
 }
 
-int
-write_created_file()
-{
-   char filename[256];
-   int id;
-#ifdef WIN32
-   time_t now;
-   struct utimbuf fnow;
-#endif
-
-   strcpy(filename, ".created");
-
-  id = open(filename, S_IWRITE, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
-  if (id < 0)
-    {
-      id = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
-      if (id < 0)
-        {
-          fprintf(stderr, "Cannot create file %s.\n", filename);
-          return(1);
-        }
-    }
-
-  close(id);
-
-#ifdef WIN32
-  now = time(NULL);
-  fnow.actime = now;
-  fnow.modtime = now;
-  (int) utime(filename, &fnow);
-#else
-  (int) utimes(filename, NULL);
-#endif
-   
-   return 0;
-}
-
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
    char* path1;
@@ -165,10 +113,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
    
    while (csec != NULL)
      {
-	if (mkdir_p(csec) > 0)
-    exit(1);
+	mkdir_p(csec);
 	csec = strtok(NULL, DIR_SEPARATOR_STRING);
      }
-
-   exit(write_created_file());
+   
+   exit(0);
 }
diff --git a/reactos/tools/tools.mak b/reactos/tools/tools.mak
index c59592c3f5b..23581e73cf7 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/tools.mak
+++ b/reactos/tools/tools.mak
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# We have to put rmkdir in $(INTERMEDIATE) and not $(INTERMEDIATE)tools
-# since GNU make will always remake directory targets and we can't do the
-# .created file trick for rmkdir due to circular dependencies
-
 RMKDIR_BASE = tools
 
 RMKDIR_TARGET = \
@@ -17,11 +13,11 @@ RMKDIR_HOST_CFLAGS = -g -Werror -Wall
 
 RMKDIR_HOST_LFLAGS = -g
 
-$(RMKDIR_TARGET): $(RMKDIR_OBJECTS)
+$(RMKDIR_TARGET): $(INTERMEDIATE_NO_SLASH) $(RMKDIR_OBJECTS)
 	$(ECHO_LD)
 	${host_gcc} $(RMKDIR_OBJECTS) $(RMKDIR_HOST_LFLAGS) -o $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
 
-$(INTERMEDIATE)rmkdir.o: $(RMKDIR_BASE)$(SEP)rmkdir.c
+$(INTERMEDIATE)rmkdir.o: $(INTERMEDIATE_NO_SLASH) $(RMKDIR_BASE)$(SEP)rmkdir.c
 	$(ECHO_CC)
 	${host_gcc} $(RMKDIR_HOST_CFLAGS) -c $(RMKDIR_BASE)$(SEP)rmkdir.c -o $(INTERMEDIATE)rmkdir.o
 
@@ -59,7 +55,9 @@ rsym_clean:
 	-@$(rm) $(RSYM_TARGET) $(RSYM_OBJECTS) 2>$(NUL)
 clean: rsym_clean
 
+include tools/bin2res/bin2res.mak
 include tools/buildno/buildno.mak
+include tools/cabman/cabman.mak
 include tools/cdmake/cdmake.mak
 include tools/nci/nci.mak
 include tools/rbuild/rbuild.mak
@@ -68,3 +66,4 @@ include tools/winebuild/winebuild.mak
 include tools/wmc/wmc.mak
 include tools/wpp/wpp.mak
 include tools/wrc/wrc.mak
+include lib/zlib/zlib.mak
diff --git a/reactos/tools/tools.xml b/reactos/tools/tools.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 133bb90ca04..00000000000
--- a/reactos/tools/tools.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<directory name="bin2res">
-	<xi:include href="bin2res/bin2res.xml" />
-</directory>
-<directory name="cabman">
-	<xi:include href="cabman/cabman.xml" />
-</directory>
diff --git a/reactos/tools/unicode/unicode.mak b/reactos/tools/unicode/unicode.mak
index 70c124e3fd6..15646d74fbe 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/unicode/unicode.mak
+++ b/reactos/tools/unicode/unicode.mak
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 UNICODE_BASE = tools$(SEP)unicode
 
-UNICODE_BASE_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(UNICODE_BASE)$(SEP)$(CREATED)
+UNICODE_BASE_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(UNICODE_BASE)
 
-$(UNICODE_BASE_DIR): $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
+$(UNICODE_BASE_DIR): $(INTERMEDIATE_NO_SLASH) $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
 	${mkdir} $(INTERMEDIATE)$(UNICODE_BASE)
 
 UNICODE_TARGET = \
diff --git a/reactos/tools/winebuild/winebuild.mak b/reactos/tools/winebuild/winebuild.mak
index 24bbacb5c51..dbf4792c38a 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/winebuild/winebuild.mak
+++ b/reactos/tools/winebuild/winebuild.mak
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 WINEBUILD_BASE = tools$(SEP)winebuild
 
-WINEBUILD_BASE_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(WINEBUILD_BASE)$(SEP)$(CREATED)
+WINEBUILD_BASE_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(WINEBUILD_BASE)
 
-$(WINEBUILD_BASE_DIR): $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
+$(WINEBUILD_BASE_DIR): $(INTERMEDIATE_NO_SLASH) $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
 	${mkdir} $(INTERMEDIATE)$(WINEBUILD_BASE)
 
 WINEBUILD_TARGET = \
diff --git a/reactos/tools/wmc/wmc.mak b/reactos/tools/wmc/wmc.mak
index 36091476166..2bc87a2eb4a 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/wmc/wmc.mak
+++ b/reactos/tools/wmc/wmc.mak
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 WMC_BASE = tools$(SEP)wmc
 
-WMC_BASE_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(WMC_BASE)$(SEP)$(CREATED)
+WMC_BASE_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(WMC_BASE)
 
-$(WMC_BASE_DIR): $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
+$(WMC_BASE_DIR): $(INTERMEDIATE_NO_SLASH) $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
 	${mkdir} $(INTERMEDIATE)$(WMC_BASE)
 
 WMC_TARGET = \
diff --git a/reactos/tools/wpp/wpp.mak b/reactos/tools/wpp/wpp.mak
index 7dc8c0a3602..91775c0c6a5 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/wpp/wpp.mak
+++ b/reactos/tools/wpp/wpp.mak
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 WPP_BASE = tools$(SEP)wpp
 
-$(INTERMEDIATE)$(WPP_BASE): $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
+$(INTERMEDIATE)$(WPP_BASE): $(INTERMEDIATE_NO_SLASH) $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
 	${mkdir} $(INTERMEDIATE)$(WPP_BASE)
 
 WPP_TARGET = \
diff --git a/reactos/tools/wrc/wrc.mak b/reactos/tools/wrc/wrc.mak
index b92e4c0eaf8..c9c6511626f 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/wrc/wrc.mak
+++ b/reactos/tools/wrc/wrc.mak
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 WRC_BASE = tools$(SEP)wrc
 
-WRC_BASE_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(WRC_BASE)$(SEP)$(CREATED)
+WRC_BASE_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(WRC_BASE)
 
-$(WRC_BASE_DIR): $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
+$(WRC_BASE_DIR): $(INTERMEDIATE_NO_SLASH) $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
 	${mkdir} $(INTERMEDIATE)$(WRC_BASE)
 
-WRC_BASE_PORT_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(WRC_BASE)$(SEP)port$(SEP)$(CREATED)
+WRC_BASE_PORT_DIR = $(INTERMEDIATE)$(WRC_BASE)$(SEP)port
 
 $(WRC_BASE_PORT_DIR): $(RMKDIR_TARGET) $(WRC_BASE_DIR)
 	${mkdir} $(INTERMEDIATE)$(WRC_BASE)$(SEP)port