diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 01bb9ad0..3c8a034f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -153,6 +153,31 @@ else
     } >'$(PWD)/settings.mk')
 endif
 
+# cache some target string manipulation functions
+# `memoize` and `uc` from gmsl
+_CHOP_TARGET = $(call merge,.,$(call chop,$(call split,.,$(1))))
+CHOP_TARGET  = $(call memoize,_CHOP_TARGET,$(1))
+_UC_LIB_TYPE = $(call uc,$(word 2,$(subst ., ,$(1))))
+UC_LIB_TYPE  = $(call memoize,_UC_LIB_TYPE,$(1))
+
+# finds a package build rule or deps by truncating the target elements
+# $(call LOOKUP_PKG_RULE, package, rule type ie. BUILD|DEPS|FILE, target,[lib type, original target to cache])
+# returns variable name for use with $(value)
+#
+# caches result with gmsl associative arrays (`get` and `set` functions)
+# since `memoize` only works with single argument
+LOOKUP_PKG_RULE = $(strip \
+    $(or $(call get,LOOKUP_PKG_RULE_,$(1)_$(2)_$(or $(5),$(3))),\
+    $(if $(findstring undefined, $(flavor $(1)_$(2)_$(3))),\
+        $(if $(3),\
+            $(call LOOKUP_PKG_RULE,$(1),$(2),$(call CHOP_TARGET,$(3)),$(or $(4),$(call UC_LIB_TYPE,$(3))),$(or $(5),$(3))),\
+            $(if $(4),\
+                $(call LOOKUP_PKG_RULE,$(1),$(2),$(4),,$(5)),\
+                $(call set,LOOKUP_PKG_RULE_,$(1)_$(2)_$(5),$(1)_$(2))\
+                $(1)_$(2))),\
+        $(call set,LOOKUP_PKG_RULE_,$(1)_$(2)_$(or $(5),$(3)),$(1)_$(2)_$(3))\
+        $(1)_$(2)_$(3))))
+
 .PHONY: all
 all: all-filtered
 
@@ -237,31 +262,6 @@ $(1): | $(if $(value $(1)_DEPS), \
 endef
 $(foreach TARGET,$(MXE_TARGETS),$(eval $(call TARGET_RULE,$(TARGET))))
 
-# cache some target string manipulation functions
-# `memoize` and `uc` from gmsl
-_CHOP_TARGET = $(call merge,.,$(call chop,$(call split,.,$(1))))
-CHOP_TARGET  = $(call memoize,_CHOP_TARGET,$(1))
-_UC_LIB_TYPE = $(call uc,$(word 2,$(subst ., ,$(1))))
-UC_LIB_TYPE  = $(call memoize,_UC_LIB_TYPE,$(1))
-
-# finds a package build rule or deps by truncating the target elements
-# $(call LOOKUP_PKG_RULE, package, rule type ie. BUILD|DEPS|FILE, target,[lib type, original target to cache])
-# returns variable name for use with $(value)
-#
-# caches result with gmsl associative arrays (`get` and `set` functions)
-# since `memoize` only works with single argument
-LOOKUP_PKG_RULE = $(strip \
-    $(or $(call get,LOOKUP_PKG_RULE_,$(1)_$(2)_$(or $(5),$(3))),\
-    $(if $(findstring undefined, $(flavor $(1)_$(2)_$(3))),\
-        $(if $(3),\
-            $(call LOOKUP_PKG_RULE,$(1),$(2),$(call CHOP_TARGET,$(3)),$(or $(4),$(call UC_LIB_TYPE,$(3))),$(or $(5),$(3))),\
-            $(if $(4),\
-                $(call LOOKUP_PKG_RULE,$(1),$(2),$(4),,$(5)),\
-                $(call set,LOOKUP_PKG_RULE_,$(1)_$(2)_$(5),$(1)_$(2))\
-                $(1)_$(2))),\
-        $(call set,LOOKUP_PKG_RULE_,$(1)_$(2)_$(or $(5),$(3)),$(1)_$(2)_$(3))\
-        $(1)_$(2)_$(3))))
-
 define PKG_RULE
 .PHONY: download-$(1)
 download-$(1):: $(addprefix download-,$(value $(call LOOKUP_PKG_RULE,$(1),DEPS,$(3))))