diff --git a/src/builtins.mk b/src/builtins.mk
index 296bd3b..d72c856 100644
--- a/src/builtins.mk
+++ b/src/builtins.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ endif
 ## h, help | show this help
 h help:
 	$(call py,help_py) || { echo "exiting early!"; exit 1; }
-.PHONY: _help
 _help: export SHOW_HIDDEN=true
 _help: help
 ifdef PRINT_VARS
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ endif
 ### | args: -ws --hidden
 ### task.mk builtins: | args: -d --hidden
 ## _print-ansi | show all possible ansi color code combinations
-.PHONY:
 _print-ansi:
 	$(call py,print_ansi_py)
 # functions to take f-string literals and pass to python print
@@ -29,6 +27,7 @@ tconfirm = $(call py,confirm_py,$(1))
 _update-task.mk:
 	$(call tprint,{a.b_cyan}Updating task.mk{a.end})
 	curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/daylinmorgan/task.mk/main/task.mk -o .task.mk
+.PHONY: h help _help _print-ansi _update-task.mk
 TASK_MAKEFILE_LIST := $(filter-out $(word $(words $(MAKEFILE_LIST)),$(MAKEFILE_LIST)),$(MAKEFILE_LIST))
 export MAKEFILE_LIST MAKE TASK_MAKEFILE_LIST
 ifndef INHERIT_SHELL
diff --git a/task.mk b/task.mk
index 11d47b0..1c8037a 100644
--- a/task.mk
+++ b/task.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # }> [github.com/daylinmorgan/task.mk] <{ #
 # Copyright (c) 2022 Daylin Morgan
 # MIT License
-# version: v22.9.19-20-g32110dd
+# version: v22.9.19-21-gb855afa-dev
 #
 # task.mk should be included at the bottom of your Makefile with `-include .task.mk`
 # See below for the standard configuration options that should be set prior to including this file.
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ endif
 ## h, help | show this help
 h help:
 	$(call py,help_py) || { echo "exiting early!"; exit 1; }
-.PHONY: _help
 _help: export SHOW_HIDDEN=true
 _help: help
 ifdef PRINT_VARS
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ endif
 ### | args: -ws --hidden
 ### task.mk builtins: | args: -d --hidden
 ## _print-ansi | show all possible ansi color code combinations
-.PHONY:
 _print-ansi:
 	$(call py,print_ansi_py)
 # functions to take f-string literals and pass to python print
@@ -51,6 +49,7 @@ tconfirm = $(call py,confirm_py,$(1))
 _update-task.mk:
 	$(call tprint,{a.b_cyan}Updating task.mk{a.end})
 	curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/daylinmorgan/task.mk/main/task.mk -o .task.mk
+.PHONY: h help _help _print-ansi _update-task.mk
 TASK_MAKEFILE_LIST := $(filter-out $(word $(words $(MAKEFILE_LIST)),$(MAKEFILE_LIST)),$(MAKEFILE_LIST))
 export MAKEFILE_LIST MAKE TASK_MAKEFILE_LIST
 ifndef INHERIT_SHELL