diff --git a/src/ontology/Makefile b/src/ontology/Makefile
index 581dc14b19..059c41456a 100644
--- a/src/ontology/Makefile
+++ b/src/ontology/Makefile
@@ -515,10 +515,8 @@ $(QSRC): $(SRC)
 SRC_TAGS_REASONED=mondo-tags-reasoned.owl
 
 $(SRC_TAGS_REASONED): $(SRC)
-	$(ROBOT) merge -i $< -i components/mondo-tags.owl --collapse-import-closure false \
-		query --use-graphs false \
-		--update ../sparql/update/inject-cross-species-analog.ru \
-		reason -o $@
+	$(ROBOT) merge -i $< -i components/mondo-tags.owl --collapse-import-closure false reason -o $@
+	$(ROBOT) query -i $@ --use-graphs false --update ../sparql/update/inject-cross-species-analog.ru -o $@
 
 # run all violation checks on edit file
 sparql_test_edit: $(SRC_TAGS_REASONED)