--- Makefile.in
+++ Makefile.in
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ chk-set-swiglib		= SWIG_LIB=@ROOT_DIR@/L
 chk-set-swig		= SWIG=@ROOT_DIR@/$(TARGET)
 chk-set-env = $(chk-set-swiglib) $(chk-set-swig)
 
-chk = $(MAKE) -k -s $(chk-set-env) $(ACTION)
+chk = $(MAKE) -k $(chk-set-env) $(ACTION)
 
 check-aliveness:
 	test -x ./$(TARGET)
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ check-%-examples:
 
 gifplot-library:
 	@echo $(ACTION)ing Examples/GIFPlot/Lib
-	@cd Examples/GIFPlot/Lib && $(MAKE) -k -s $(ACTION)
+	@cd Examples/GIFPlot/Lib && $(MAKE) -k $(ACTION)
 
 check-gifplot:					\
 	check-tcl-gifplot			\
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ check-%-test-suite:
 	  echo warning: cannot $(ACTION) $* test-suite "(no dir $$dir)";\
 	else								\
 	  echo $(ACTION)ing $* test-suite;				\
-	  (cd $$dir && $(MAKE) -k -s $(ACTION))				\
+	  (cd $$dir && $(MAKE) -k $(ACTION))				\
 	  || passed=false;						\
 	fi;								\
 	test $$passed = true