diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0087b459..57d1d672 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -855,10 +855,10 @@ tzselect:	tzselect.ksh version
 		chmod +x $@.out
 		mv $@.out $@
 
-check: check_mild back.ck
+check: check_mild back.ck now.ck
 check_mild: check_web check_zishrink \
   character-set.ck white-space.ck links.ck mainguard.ck \
-  name-lengths.ck now.ck slashed-abbrs.ck sorted.ck \
+  name-lengths.ck slashed-abbrs.ck sorted.ck \
   tables.ck ziguard.ck tzs.ck
 
 # True if UTF8_LOCALE does not work;