diff --git a/steps/tcc-0.9.26/pass1.kaem b/steps/tcc-0.9.26/pass1.kaem
index 0b887806..8aa4948e 100755
--- a/steps/tcc-0.9.26/pass1.kaem
+++ b/steps/tcc-0.9.26/pass1.kaem
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ tcc-boot2 -ar cr ${LIBDIR}/libc.a unified-libc.o
 cd ../${TCC_PKG}
 
 # rebuild tcc-boot2 with itself
+# LJW FIXME find a neater way to repeat this step (maybe a separate kaem script)
 tcc-boot2 \
     -g \
     -v \
@@ -438,9 +439,6 @@ cd ../..
 # Checksums
 if match x${UPDATE_CHECKSUMS} xTrue; then
     sha256sum -o ${pkg}.checksums \
-        /usr/bin/tcc-mes \
-        /usr/bin/tcc-boot0 \
-        /usr/bin/tcc-boot1 \
         /usr/bin/tcc \
         /usr/lib/mes/libc.a \
         /usr/lib/mes/libgetopt.a \
@@ -453,3 +451,8 @@ if match x${UPDATE_CHECKSUMS} xTrue; then
 else
     sha256sum -c ${pkg}.${ARCH}.checksums
 fi
+
+# LJW FIXME only check hashes for following files when doing mes builds:
+#        /usr/bin/tcc-mes \
+#        /usr/bin/tcc-boot0 \
+#        /usr/bin/tcc-boot1 \
diff --git a/steps/tcc-0.9.26/tcc-0.9.26.x86.checksums b/steps/tcc-0.9.26/tcc-0.9.26.x86.checksums
index 0bbd8607..dd13baa3 100644
--- a/steps/tcc-0.9.26/tcc-0.9.26.x86.checksums
+++ b/steps/tcc-0.9.26/tcc-0.9.26.x86.checksums
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-f3c51ecb0e5d0865822dd0e83dc459ccfd2576ecad845bc888558ab010e2a609  /usr/bin/tcc-mes
-b758fff28f3d03b057b0414eb92da0c46e22bc8e9da29af33fbe65b01047d25d  /usr/bin/tcc-boot0
-56e267e3031f548ea155d61a97fc3e6e8fff277159d7ae3273820a8c0f4582a0  /usr/bin/tcc-boot1
 3404d1e8f61be09c1caeba03dcf99abae8881a485fe13160e6bb5fe44538d378  /usr/bin/tcc
 3bfd10dfe347c4fb40fbf5f2f705cd806c77e0f80cf4ad1ecfd4beddada2937c  /usr/lib/mes/libc.a
 12c07ae103e7e3b390150a79e5c600d88de14e9bb73a066f6342582729ef5a3f  /usr/lib/mes/libgetopt.a
diff --git a/steps/tcc-0.9.26/tcc-0.9.26_mes.x86.checksums b/steps/tcc-0.9.26/tcc-0.9.26_mes.x86.checksums
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69e547ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/steps/tcc-0.9.26/tcc-0.9.26_mes.x86.checksums
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+f3c51ecb0e5d0865822dd0e83dc459ccfd2576ecad845bc888558ab010e2a609  /usr/bin/tcc-mes
+b758fff28f3d03b057b0414eb92da0c46e22bc8e9da29af33fbe65b01047d25d  /usr/bin/tcc-boot0
+56e267e3031f548ea155d61a97fc3e6e8fff277159d7ae3273820a8c0f4582a0  /usr/bin/tcc-boot1