diff --git a/make_helpers/build_macros.mk b/make_helpers/build_macros.mk
index 35dbb8134f9e18dd03b7386cd9d85a8444e05c04..894b14cb06df45de52fcf42a9c9ec6f5942e6625 100644
--- a/make_helpers/build_macros.mk
+++ b/make_helpers/build_macros.mk
@@ -115,11 +115,9 @@ endef
 # CERT_ADD_CMD_OPT adds a new command line option to the cert_create invocation
 #   $(1) = parameter filename
 #   $(2) = cert_create command line option for the specified parameter
-#   $(3) = input parameter (false if empty)
-#   $(4) = FIP prefix (optional) (if FWU_, target is fwu_fip instead of fip)
+#   $(3) = FIP prefix (optional) (if FWU_, target is fwu_fip instead of fip)
 define CERT_ADD_CMD_OPT
-    $(if $(3),$(4)CRT_DEPS += $(1))
-    $(4)CRT_ARGS += $(2) $(1)
+    $(3)CRT_ARGS += $(2) $(1)
 endef
 
 # TOOL_ADD_IMG allows the platform to specify an external image to be packed
diff --git a/make_helpers/tbbr/tbbr_tools.mk b/make_helpers/tbbr/tbbr_tools.mk
index 82d83cafdbad01a7467a97f16262adfdddb34d25..afc007a4bb2a127a2ab0d825d091a108feab29e0 100644
--- a/make_helpers/tbbr/tbbr_tools.mk
+++ b/make_helpers/tbbr/tbbr_tools.mk
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ $(eval $(call TOOL_ADD_PAYLOAD,${FWU_CERT},--fwu-cert,,FWU_))
 $(if ${KEY_ALG},$(eval $(call CERT_ADD_CMD_OPT,${KEY_ALG},--key-alg)))
 $(if ${HASH_ALG},$(eval $(call CERT_ADD_CMD_OPT,${HASH_ALG},--hash-alg)))
 $(if ${ROT_KEY},$(eval $(call CERT_ADD_CMD_OPT,${ROT_KEY},--rot-key)))
-$(if ${ROT_KEY},$(eval $(call CERT_ADD_CMD_OPT,${ROT_KEY},--rot-key,,FWU_)))
+$(if ${ROT_KEY},$(eval $(call CERT_ADD_CMD_OPT,${ROT_KEY},--rot-key,FWU_)))
 $(if ${TRUSTED_WORLD_KEY},$(eval $(call CERT_ADD_CMD_OPT,${TRUSTED_WORLD_KEY},--trusted-world-key)))
 $(if ${NON_TRUSTED_WORLD_KEY},$(eval $(call CERT_ADD_CMD_OPT,${NON_TRUSTED_WORLD_KEY},--non-trusted-world-key)))