diff --git a/tools/ndnsec/wscript b/tools/ndnsec/wscript
index 1b1f40b..5fc7dbd 100644
--- a/tools/ndnsec/wscript
+++ b/tools/ndnsec/wscript
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 top = '../..'
 
 def build(bld):
-    bld.objects(target='tools-ndnsec-objects',
+    bld.objects(target='ndnsec-objects',
                 source=bld.path.ant_glob('*.cpp', excl=['main.cpp']),
                 features='pch',
                 headers='ndnsec-pch.hpp',
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     bld.program(name='ndnsec',
                 target=f'{top}/bin/ndnsec',
                 source=['main.cpp'],
-                use='tools-ndnsec-objects')
+                use='ndnsec-objects')
 
     # create convenience symlinks
     for cmd in ('list', 'get-default', 'set-default', 'delete',
diff --git a/tools/wscript b/tools/wscript
index 93cabd7..4e89967 100644
--- a/tools/wscript
+++ b/tools/wscript
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     # Sub-directory tools:
     # tools/foo/**/*.cpp are compiled and linked into build/bin/foo.
     # tools/foo/main.cpp must exist and must contain the main() function.
-    # All other objects are collected into 'tools-foo-objects' and can be unit-tested.
+    # All other objects are collected into 'foo-objects' and can be unit-tested.
     for subdir in bld.path.ant_glob('*', dir=True, src=False):
         name = subdir.path_from(bld.path)
         subWscript = subdir.find_node('wscript')
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         srcFiles = subdir.ant_glob('**/*.cpp', excl=['main.cpp'])
         srcObjects = ''
         if srcFiles:
-            srcObjects = f'tools-{name}-objects'
+            srcObjects = f'{name}-objects'
             bld.objects(target=srcObjects,
                         source=srcFiles,
                         use='ndn-cxx')