diff --git a/boards/msba2-common/tools/Makefile b/boards/msba2-common/tools/Makefile
index 05db7a8f5f..442d751691 100644
--- a/boards/msba2-common/tools/Makefile
+++ b/boards/msba2-common/tools/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ boot_23xx.c boot_23xx.h: src/boot_23xx.armasm mkbootc
 	arm-none-eabi-objdump -d obj/boot_23xx.armobj | ./mkbootc boot_23xx
 
 clean:
-	rm -f bin/lpc2k_pgm cksum_test obj/*.o core core.* obj/*.armobj bin/pseudoterm
+	rm -f bin/lpc2k_pgm cksum_test obj/*.o obj/*.d core core.* obj/*.armobj bin/pseudoterm
 
 install:
 	install -m 0755 bin/lpc2k_pgm $(prefix)/bin
diff --git a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/.gitignore b/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6142305dc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.o
+*.d
diff --git a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/boot_23xx.d b/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/boot_23xx.d
deleted file mode 100644
index e45338d651..0000000000
--- a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/boot_23xx.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-obj/boot_23xx.d: src/boot_23xx.c src/boot_23xx.h
-
-src/boot_23xx.h:
diff --git a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/boot_2xxx.d b/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/boot_2xxx.d
deleted file mode 100644
index e0e9fb40da..0000000000
--- a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/boot_2xxx.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-obj/boot_2xxx.d: src/boot_2xxx.c src/boot_2xxx.h
-
-src/boot_2xxx.h:
diff --git a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/chipinfo.d b/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/chipinfo.d
deleted file mode 100644
index b695e68c42..0000000000
--- a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/chipinfo.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-obj/chipinfo.d: src/chipinfo.c src/chipinfo.h src/boot_2xxx.h \
- src/boot_23xx.h
-
-src/chipinfo.h:
-
-src/boot_2xxx.h:
-
-src/boot_23xx.h:
diff --git a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/control_2xxx.d b/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/control_2xxx.d
deleted file mode 100644
index e9ed3f7b1b..0000000000
--- a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/control_2xxx.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-obj/control_2xxx.d: src/control_2xxx.c src/control_2xxx.h src/serial.h
-
-src/control_2xxx.h:
-
-src/serial.h:
diff --git a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/download.d b/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/download.d
deleted file mode 100644
index 94c10a80c5..0000000000
--- a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/download.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-obj/download.d: src/download.c src/lpc2k_pgm.h src/download.h \
- src/serial.h src/ihex.h src/uuencode.h src/chipinfo.h src/boot.h \
- src/control_2xxx.h
-
-src/lpc2k_pgm.h:
-
-src/download.h:
-
-src/serial.h:
-
-src/ihex.h:
-
-src/uuencode.h:
-
-src/chipinfo.h:
-
-src/boot.h:
-
-src/control_2xxx.h:
diff --git a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/ihex.d b/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/ihex.d
deleted file mode 100644
index 89b506056a..0000000000
--- a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/ihex.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-obj/ihex.d: src/ihex.c src/ihex.h
-
-src/ihex.h:
diff --git a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/lpc2k_pgm.d b/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/lpc2k_pgm.d
deleted file mode 100644
index 98c82eb328..0000000000
--- a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/lpc2k_pgm.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-obj/lpc2k_pgm.d: src/lpc2k_pgm.c src/lpc2k_pgm.h src/serial.h \
- src/download.h
-
-src/lpc2k_pgm.h:
-
-src/serial.h:
-
-src/download.h:
diff --git a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/pseudoterm.d b/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/pseudoterm.d
deleted file mode 100644
index 858fa2cba7..0000000000
--- a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/pseudoterm.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-obj/pseudoterm.d: src/pseudoterm.c src/serial.h src/download.h
-
-src/serial.h:
-
-src/download.h:
diff --git a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/serial.d b/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/serial.d
deleted file mode 100644
index ebabf01ecf..0000000000
--- a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/serial.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-obj/serial.d: src/serial.c src/serial.h
-
-src/serial.h:
diff --git a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/uuencode.d b/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/uuencode.d
deleted file mode 100644
index 548a00f642..0000000000
--- a/boards/msba2-common/tools/obj/uuencode.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-obj/uuencode.d: src/uuencode.c src/uuencode.h
-
-src/uuencode.h:
diff --git a/boards/msba2-common/tools/src/lpc2k_pgm.c b/boards/msba2-common/tools/src/lpc2k_pgm.c
index 8c74429887..756aa5b967 100644
--- a/boards/msba2-common/tools/src/lpc2k_pgm.c
+++ b/boards/msba2-common/tools/src/lpc2k_pgm.c
@@ -47,11 +47,13 @@
 #include "download.h"
 
 int programming_done = 0;
+int programming_status = 0;
 
 int done_program(int i)
 {
     printf("Programming done.\n");
     programming_done = 1;
+    programming_status = i;
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -96,6 +98,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     close_serial_port();
 
-    return 0;
+    return programming_status;
 }