diff --git a/gcc/Makefile.in b/gcc/Makefile.in
index 7e7ac078c59..9300b3ee7f5 100644
--- a/gcc/Makefile.in
+++ b/gcc/Makefile.in
@@ -214,9 +214,19 @@ rtl-ssa-warn = $(STRICT_WARN)
 GCC_WARN_CFLAGS = $(LOOSE_WARN) $(C_LOOSE_WARN) $($(@D)-warn) $(if $(filter-out $(STRICT_WARN),$($(@D)-warn)),,$(C_STRICT_WARN)) $(NOCOMMON_FLAG) $($@-warn)
 GCC_WARN_CXXFLAGS = $(LOOSE_WARN) $($(@D)-warn) $(NOCOMMON_FLAG) $($@-warn)
 
+# 1 2 3 ... 9999
+one_to_9999_0:=1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
+one_to_9999_1:=0 $(one_to_9999_0)
+one_to_9999_2:=$(foreach i,$(one_to_9999_0),$(addprefix $(i),$(one_to_9999_1)))
+one_to_9999_3:=$(addprefix 0,$(one_to_9999_1)) $(one_to_9999_2)
+one_to_9999_4:=$(foreach i,$(one_to_9999_0),$(addprefix $(i),$(one_to_9999_3)))
+one_to_9999_5:=$(addprefix 0,$(one_to_9999_3)) $(one_to_9999_4)
+one_to_9999_6:=$(foreach i,$(one_to_9999_0),$(addprefix $(i),$(one_to_9999_5)))
+one_to_9999:=$(one_to_9999_0) $(one_to_9999_2) $(one_to_9999_4) $(one_to_9999_6)
+
 # The number of splits to be made for the match.pd files.
 NUM_MATCH_SPLITS = @DEFAULT_MATCHPD_PARTITIONS@
-MATCH_SPLITS_SEQ = $(shell seq 1 $(NUM_MATCH_SPLITS))
+MATCH_SPLITS_SEQ = $(wordlist 1,$(NUM_MATCH_SPLITS),$(one_to_9999))
 GIMPLE_MATCH_PD_SEQ_SRC = $(patsubst %, gimple-match-%.cc, $(MATCH_SPLITS_SEQ))
 GIMPLE_MATCH_PD_SEQ_O = $(patsubst %, gimple-match-%.o, $(MATCH_SPLITS_SEQ))
 GENERIC_MATCH_PD_SEQ_SRC = $(patsubst %, generic-match-%.cc, $(MATCH_SPLITS_SEQ))
@@ -4234,18 +4244,10 @@ $(patsubst %,%-subtargets,$(lang_checks)): check-%-subtargets:
 check_p_tool=$(firstword $(subst _, ,$*))
 check_p_count=$(check_$(check_p_tool)_parallelize)
 check_p_subno=$(word 2,$(subst _, ,$*))
-check_p_numbers0:=1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
-check_p_numbers1:=0 $(check_p_numbers0)
-check_p_numbers2:=$(foreach i,$(check_p_numbers0),$(addprefix $(i),$(check_p_numbers1)))
-check_p_numbers3:=$(addprefix 0,$(check_p_numbers1)) $(check_p_numbers2)
-check_p_numbers4:=$(foreach i,$(check_p_numbers0),$(addprefix $(i),$(check_p_numbers3)))
-check_p_numbers5:=$(addprefix 0,$(check_p_numbers3)) $(check_p_numbers4)
-check_p_numbers6:=$(foreach i,$(check_p_numbers0),$(addprefix $(i),$(check_p_numbers5)))
-check_p_numbers:=$(check_p_numbers0) $(check_p_numbers2) $(check_p_numbers4) $(check_p_numbers6)
 check_p_subdir=$(subst _,,$*)
 check_p_subdirs=$(wordlist 1,$(check_p_count),$(wordlist 1, \
 		$(if $(GCC_TEST_PARALLEL_SLOTS),$(GCC_TEST_PARALLEL_SLOTS),128), \
-		$(check_p_numbers)))
+		$(one_to_9999)))
 
 # For parallelized check-% targets, this decides whether parallelization
 # is desirable (if -jN is used).  If desirable, recursive make is run with