diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5fa5694c4..6ded61317 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,16 +28,22 @@ install:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 go install $(BUILD_FLAGS) -tags '$(BUILD_TAGS)' ./cmd/tendermint
 
 ########################################
-### Build ABCI
+### Protobuf
+
+protoc_all: protoc_libs protoc_abci protoc_grpc
 
-protoc_abci:
+%.pb.go: %.proto
 	## If you get the following error,
 	## "error while loading shared libraries: libprotobuf.so.14: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
 	## See https://stackoverflow.com/a/25518702
-	protoc $(INCLUDE) --gogo_out=plugins=grpc:. abci/types/*.proto
+	protoc $(INCLUDE) $< --gogo_out=plugins=grpc:.
 	@echo "--> adding nolint declarations to protobuf generated files"
-	@awk '/package types/ { print "//nolint: gas"; print; next }1' abci/types/types.pb.go > abci/types/types.pb.go.new
-	@mv abci/types/types.pb.go.new abci/types/types.pb.go
+	@awk -i inplace '/^\s*package \w+/ { print "//nolint" }1' $@
+
+########################################
+### Build ABCI
+
+protoc_abci: abci/types/types.pb.go
 
 build_abci:
 	@go build -i ./abci/cmd/...
@@ -108,14 +114,7 @@ get_deps_bin_size:
 ########################################
 ### Libs
 
-protoc_libs:
-	## If you get the following error,
-	## "error while loading shared libraries: libprotobuf.so.14: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
-	## See https://stackoverflow.com/a/25518702
-	protoc $(INCLUDE) --gogo_out=plugins=grpc:. libs/common/*.proto
-	@echo "--> adding nolint declarations to protobuf generated files"
-	@awk '/package common/ { print "//nolint: gas"; print; next }1' libs/common/types.pb.go > libs/common/types.pb.go.new
-	@mv libs/common/types.pb.go.new libs/common/types.pb.go
+protoc_libs: libs/common/types.pb.go
 
 gen_certs: clean_certs
 	## Generating certificates for TLS testing...
@@ -136,6 +135,8 @@ test_libs: gen_certs
 grpc_dbserver:
 	protoc -I db/remotedb/proto/ db/remotedb/proto/defs.proto --go_out=plugins=grpc:db/remotedb/proto
 
+protoc_grpc: rpc/grpc/types.pb.go
+
 ########################################
 ### Testing
 
diff --git a/abci/types/types.pb.go b/abci/types/types.pb.go
index b2418c92a..c457b168d 100644
--- a/abci/types/types.pb.go
+++ b/abci/types/types.pb.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 		PubKey
 		Evidence
 */
-//nolint: gas
+//nolint
 package types
 
 import proto "github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
diff --git a/libs/common/types.pb.go b/libs/common/types.pb.go
index 0dd46fe8e..5778cc8bc 100644
--- a/libs/common/types.pb.go
+++ b/libs/common/types.pb.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 		KVPair
 		KI64Pair
 */
-//nolint: gas
+//nolint
 package common
 
 import proto "github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
diff --git a/rpc/grpc/compile.sh b/rpc/grpc/compile.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 26230eee2..000000000
--- a/rpc/grpc/compile.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-
-protoc --gogo_out=plugins=grpc:. -I $GOPATH/src/ -I . types.proto
diff --git a/rpc/grpc/types.pb.go b/rpc/grpc/types.pb.go
index bac53abcb..3e0490c11 100644
--- a/rpc/grpc/types.pb.go
+++ b/rpc/grpc/types.pb.go
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // Code generated by protoc-gen-gogo. DO NOT EDIT.
-// source: types.proto
+// source: rpc/grpc/types.proto
 
 /*
 	Package core_grpc is a generated protocol buffer package.
 
 	It is generated from these files:
-		types.proto
+		rpc/grpc/types.proto
 
 	It has these top-level messages:
 		RequestPing
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 		ResponsePing
 		ResponseBroadcastTx
 */
+//nolint
 package core_grpc
 
 import proto "github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ var _BroadcastAPI_serviceDesc = grpc.ServiceDesc{
 		},
 	},
 	Streams:  []grpc.StreamDesc{},
-	Metadata: "types.proto",
+	Metadata: "rpc/grpc/types.proto",
 }
 
 func (m *RequestPing) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
@@ -769,29 +770,29 @@ var (
 	ErrIntOverflowTypes   = fmt.Errorf("proto: integer overflow")
 )
 
-func init() { proto.RegisterFile("types.proto", fileDescriptorTypes) }
-func init() { golang_proto.RegisterFile("types.proto", fileDescriptorTypes) }
+func init() { proto.RegisterFile("rpc/grpc/types.proto", fileDescriptorTypes) }
+func init() { golang_proto.RegisterFile("rpc/grpc/types.proto", fileDescriptorTypes) }
 
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