diff --git a/Source/GNUmakefile b/Source/GNUmakefile
index 6ede738aa..1ada0b855 100644
--- a/Source/GNUmakefile
+++ b/Source/GNUmakefile
@@ -280,9 +280,14 @@ NSZone.m \
 externs.m \
 objc-load.m 
 
-ifeq ($(HAVE_OBJC_SYNC_ENTER), no)
-  GNU_MFILES += synchronization.m
-endif
+# Not sure that the following is ever needed ...
+# we should have synchronisation support from the ObjC2 runtime or
+# we should have synchronisation support from the ObjC2 compatibility code or
+# we are without native exception and @synchronize support anyway.
+#
+#ifeq ($(HAVE_OBJC_SYNC_ENTER), no)
+#  GNU_MFILES += synchronization.m
+#endif
 
 ifneq ($(GNUSTEP_TARGET_OS), mingw32)
 BASE_MFILES += \
diff --git a/Source/ObjectiveC2/sync.m b/Source/ObjectiveC2/sync.m
index f60f2953c..3d5ed11a6 100644
--- a/Source/ObjectiveC2/sync.m
+++ b/Source/ObjectiveC2/sync.m
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 @interface Fake
-+ (void)dealloc;
++ (void) dealloc;
 @end
 
 static pthread_mutex_t at_sync_init_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ findLockClass(id obj)
 	object.isa = class_getSuperclass(object.isa);
       } while (Nil != object.isa
 	&& objc_msg_lookup((id)&object, dealloc) != (IMP)deallocLockClass);
-  }
+    }
   if (Nil == object.isa)
     {
       return Nil;