diff --git a/core/base_rules.mk b/core/base_rules.mk
index 7d96224621..fce7a1f8ef 100644
--- a/core/base_rules.mk
+++ b/core/base_rules.mk
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ INSTALLABLE_FILES.$(LOCAL_INSTALLED_MODULE).MODULE := $(my_register_name)
 ##########################################################
 # Track module-level dependencies.
 # Use $(LOCAL_MODULE) instead of $(my_register_name) to ignore module's bitness.
-ALL_DEPS.MODULES := $(sort $(ALL_DEPS.MODULES) $(LOCAL_MODULE))
+ALL_DEPS.MODULES := $(ALL_DEPS.MODULES) $(LOCAL_MODULE)
 ALL_DEPS.$(LOCAL_MODULE).ALL_DEPS := $(sort \
   $(ALL_MODULES.$(LOCAL_MODULE).ALL_DEPS) \
   $(LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES) \
diff --git a/core/tasks/deps_licenses.mk b/core/tasks/deps_licenses.mk
index bb20fa042e..daf986f606 100644
--- a/core/tasks/deps_licenses.mk
+++ b/core/tasks/deps_licenses.mk
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ $(if $(_gmad_new),$(eval $(1) += $(_gmad_new))\
 endef
 
 define print-deps-license
-$(foreach m, $(ALL_DEPS.MODULES),\
+$(foreach m, $(sort $(ALL_DEPS.MODULES)),\
   $(eval m_p := $(sort $(ALL_MODULES.$(m).PATH) $(ALL_MODULES.$(m)$(TARGET_2ND_ARCH_MODULE_SUFFIX).PATH)))\
   $(if $(filter $(PROJ_PATH),$(m_p)),\
     $(eval deps :=)\