diff --git a/mk/config.mk b/mk/config.mk
index aabf1ace..8ea2d98f 100644
--- a/mk/config.mk
+++ b/mk/config.mk
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ else ifeq ($(UNAME),FreeBSD)
 	FIND=gfind
 	FUMOUNT=sudo umount
 	VB_AUDIO=pulse # To check, will probably be OSS on most setups
-	VBM=VBoxManage'
+	VBM=VBoxManage
 else ifeq ($(UNAME),Redox)
 	PODMAN_BUILD=0
+# TODO: allow overriding to cross compiler toolchain when build server have one prebuilt
 	HOSTED_REDOX=1
-ifeq ($(shell which rustc),)
+ifneq ($(shell which repo),)
 	REPO_BIN=repo
 endif
 else
diff --git a/mk/depends.mk b/mk/depends.mk
index 06fcc4c1..4d698c84 100644
--- a/mk/depends.mk
+++ b/mk/depends.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Configuration file for the build system dependencies
 
-# Don't check for depends if you will be using Podman
+# Don't check for dependencies if you will be using Podman
 ifneq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)
-# Don't check for depends if you will be using Hosted Redox
+# Don't check for dependencies if you will be using Hosted Redox
 ifneq ($(HOSTED_REDOX),1)
 
 # don't check for Rust and Cargo if building on a Nix system