diff --git a/config/rules.mk b/config/rules.mk
index 642f6a15c75..04db8715e31 100644
--- a/config/rules.mk
+++ b/config/rules.mk
@@ -2162,15 +2162,6 @@ echo-module:
 echo-requires:
 	@echo $(REQUIRES)
 
-echo-requires-recursive::
-ifdef _REPORT_ALL_DIRS
-	@echo $(subst $(topsrcdir)/,,$(srcdir)): $(MODULE): $(REQUIRES)
-else
-	@$(if $(REQUIRES),echo $(subst $(topsrcdir)/,,$(srcdir)): $(MODULE): $(REQUIRES))
-endif
-	$(LOOP_OVER_PARALLEL_DIRS)
-	$(LOOP_OVER_DIRS)
-
 echo-depth-path:
 	@$(topsrcdir)/build/unix/print-depth-path.sh
 
diff --git a/js/src/config/rules.mk b/js/src/config/rules.mk
index 642f6a15c75..04db8715e31 100644
--- a/js/src/config/rules.mk
+++ b/js/src/config/rules.mk
@@ -2162,15 +2162,6 @@ echo-module:
 echo-requires:
 	@echo $(REQUIRES)
 
-echo-requires-recursive::
-ifdef _REPORT_ALL_DIRS
-	@echo $(subst $(topsrcdir)/,,$(srcdir)): $(MODULE): $(REQUIRES)
-else
-	@$(if $(REQUIRES),echo $(subst $(topsrcdir)/,,$(srcdir)): $(MODULE): $(REQUIRES))
-endif
-	$(LOOP_OVER_PARALLEL_DIRS)
-	$(LOOP_OVER_DIRS)
-
 echo-depth-path:
 	@$(topsrcdir)/build/unix/print-depth-path.sh
 
diff --git a/security/manager/Makefile.in b/security/manager/Makefile.in
index 151465ca865..5b2eabd6081 100644
--- a/security/manager/Makefile.in
+++ b/security/manager/Makefile.in
@@ -458,10 +458,3 @@ ifndef SKIP_CHK
 	$(NSSMAKE) -C $(NSS_SRCDIR)/security/nss/cmd/shlibsign $(DEFAULT_GMAKE_FLAGS) clean
 endif
 endif
-
-echo-requires-recursive::
-	$(MAKE) -C boot $@
-	$(MAKE) -C ssl $@
-	$(MAKE) -C pki $@
-	$(MAKE) -C locales $@
-