diff --git a/util/abuild/abuild b/util/abuild/abuild
index 15329e8811..9a90f6f534 100755
--- a/util/abuild/abuild
+++ b/util/abuild/abuild
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function vendors
 {
 	# make this a function so we can easily select
 	# without breaking readability
-	ls -1 "$LBROOT/src/mainboard" | grep -v Kconfig
+	ls -1 "$LBROOT/src/mainboard" | grep -v Kconfig | grep -v Makefile
 }
 
 function mainboards