diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/core/MakeBuilder.java b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/core/MakeBuilder.java
index da4537e9a08..6a0ab979753 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/core/MakeBuilder.java
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.make.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/make/core/MakeBuilder.java
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ public class MakeBuilder extends ACBuilder {
 
 	private boolean invokeMake(int kind, IMakeBuilderInfo info, IProgressMonitor monitor) {
 		boolean isClean = false;
-		boolean isCanceled = false;
 		IProject currProject = getProject();
 		SubProgressMonitor subMonitor = null;
 
@@ -171,13 +170,14 @@ public class MakeBuilder extends ACBuilder {
 					if (launcher.waitAndRead(stdout, stderr, subMonitor) != CommandLauncher.OK)
 						errMsg = launcher.getErrorMessage();
 
-					isCanceled = monitor.isCanceled();
-					monitor.setCanceled(false);
 					subMonitor = new SubProgressMonitor(monitor, IProgressMonitor.UNKNOWN);
 					subMonitor.subTask(MakeCorePlugin.getResourceString("MakeBuilder.Updating_project")); //$NON-NLS-1$
 
 					try {
-						currProject.refreshLocal(IResource.DEPTH_INFINITE, subMonitor);
+						// Do not allow the cancel of the refresh, since the builder is external
+						// to Eclipse, files may have been created/modified and we will be out-of-sync.
+						// The caveat is for hugue projects, it may take sometimes at every build.
+						currProject.refreshLocal(IResource.DEPTH_INFINITE, null);
 					} catch (CoreException e) {
 					}
 				} else {
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ public class MakeBuilder extends ACBuilder {
 				epm.reportProblems();
 
 				subMonitor.done();
-				monitor.setCanceled(isCanceled);
 			}
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			CCorePlugin.log(e);