diff --git a/include/Make/Grass.make b/include/Make/Grass.make
index 137a45d1955..03e6a98cd7e 100644
--- a/include/Make/Grass.make
+++ b/include/Make/Grass.make
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ NVIZDEPS         = $(OGSFLIB) $(GISLIB) $(OPENGLLIB)
 OGSFDEPS         = $(BITMAPLIB) $(RASTER3DLIB) $(VECTORLIB) $(DBMILIB) $(RASTERLIB) $(GISLIB) $(TIFFLIBPATH) $(TIFFLIB) $(OPENGLLIB) $(OPENGLULIB) $(MATHLIB)
 PNGDRIVERDEPS    = $(DRIVERLIB) $(GISLIB) $(PNGLIB) $(MATHLIB)
 PSDRIVERDEPS     = $(DRIVERLIB) $(GISLIB) $(MATHLIB)
-RASTERDEPS       = $(GISLIB) $(GPROJLIB) $(MATHLIB)
+RASTERDEPS       = $(GISLIB) $(GPROJLIB) $(MATHLIB) $(PARSONLIB)
 RLIDEPS          = $(RASTERLIB) $(GISLIB) $(MATHLIB)
 ROWIODEPS        = $(GISLIB)
 RTREEDEPS        = $(GISLIB) $(MATHLIB)
diff --git a/lib/raster/Makefile b/lib/raster/Makefile
index f02367f2c14..80c1e156cc8 100644
--- a/lib/raster/Makefile
+++ b/lib/raster/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 MODULE_TOPDIR = ../..
 
 LIB = RASTER
-LIBES = $(PARSONLIB)
 EXTRA_INC =
 
 include $(MODULE_TOPDIR)/include/Make/Vars.make