diff --git a/LUFA/Build/lufa.avrdude.in b/LUFA/Build/lufa.avrdude.in
index e2b8e5730332284496d253d1a8a61389a3ab02ab..fdc5bc1d7879f7fa6fd71ba534e217756fa4c534 100644
--- a/LUFA/Build/lufa.avrdude.in
+++ b/LUFA/Build/lufa.avrdude.in
@@ -36,20 +36,16 @@ LUFA_BUILD_OPTIONAL_VARS  += AVRDUDE_PROGRAMMER AVRDUDE_PORT AVRDUDE_FLAGS
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Output Messages
-MSG_AVRDUDE_CMD   = '  [AVRDUDE]  :'
+MSG_AVRDUDE_CMD     = ' [AVRDUDE] :'
 
 # Default values of user-supplied variables
-AVRDUDE_PROGRAMMER  ?= jtagicemkii
-AVRDUDE_PORT        ?= usb
-AVRDUDE_FLAGS       ?= -U flash:w:$(TARGET).hex
+AVRDUDE_PROGRAMMER ?= jtagicemkii
+AVRDUDE_PORT       ?= usb
+AVRDUDE_FLAGS      ?= -U flash:w:$(TARGET).hex
 
 # Sanity check the user MCU and TARGET makefile options
-ifeq ($(MCU),)
-   $(error Makefile MCU value not set.)
-endif
-ifeq ($(TARGET),)
-   $(error Makefile TARGET value not set.)
-endif
+MCU                ?= $(error Makefile MCU value not set.)
+TARGET             ?= $(error Makefile TARGET value not set.)
 
 program: $(TARGET).hex
 	@echo $(MSG_AVRDUDE_CMD) Programming device \"$(MCU)\" with settings \"$(AVRDUDE_FLAGS)\" using \"$(AVRDUDE_PROGRAMMER)\" on port \"$(AVRDUDE_PORT)\"
diff --git a/LUFA/Build/lufa.build.in b/LUFA/Build/lufa.build.in
index 1cdb75a6daa387a445f8d3f606f1b2e1479a4167..6c9133f8375d7369c6bccdf9c4101a4fa47b9f6e 100644
--- a/LUFA/Build/lufa.build.in
+++ b/LUFA/Build/lufa.build.in
@@ -56,43 +56,31 @@ LUFA_BUILD_OPTIONAL_VARS  += BOARD OPTIMIZATION C_STANDARD CPP_STANDARD F_CPU C_
 # Output Messages
 MSG_BUILD_BEGIN = Begin compilation of project \"$(TARGET)\"...
 MSG_BUILD_END   = Finished building project \"$(TARGET)\"...
-MSG_COMPILE_CMD = '  [CC]      :'
-MSG_REMOVE_CMD  = '  [RM]      :'
-MSG_LINKER_CMD  = '  [LNK]     :'
-MSG_SIZE_CMD    = '  [SIZE]    :'
-MSG_OBJCPY_CMD  = '  [OBJCPY]  :'
-MSG_OBJDMP_CMD  = '  [OBJDMP]  :'
+MSG_COMPILE_CMD = ' [CC]      :'
+MSG_REMOVE_CMD  = ' [RM]      :'
+MSG_LINKER_CMD  = ' [LNK]     :'
+MSG_SIZE_CMD    = ' [SIZE]    :'
+MSG_OBJCPY_CMD  = ' [OBJCPY]  :'
+MSG_OBJDMP_CMD  = ' [OBJDMP]  :'
 
 # Sanity check the user MCU, TARGET, ARCH, SRC, F_USB and LUFA_PATH makefile options
-ifeq ($(TARGET),)
-   $(error Makefile TARGET value not set.)
-endif
-ifeq ($(ARCH),)
-   $(error Makefile ARCH value not set.)
-endif
-ifeq ($(MCU),)
-   $(error Makefile MCU value not set.)
-endif
-ifeq ($(SRC),)
-   $(error Makefile SRC value not set.)
-endif
-ifeq ($(F_USB),)
-   $(error Makefile F_USB value not set.)
-endif
-ifeq ($(LUFA_PATH),)
-   $(error Makefile LUFA_PATH value not set.)
-endif
+MCU            ?= $(error Makefile MCU value not set.)
+TARGET         ?= $(error Makefile TARGET value not set.)
+ARCH           ?= $(error Makefile ARCH value not set.)
+SRC            ?= $(error Makefile SRC value not set.)
+F_USB          ?= $(error Makefile F_USB value not set.)
+LUFA_PATH      ?= $(error Makefile LUFA_PATH value not set.)
 
 # Default values of user-supplied variables
-BOARD         ?= NONE
-OPTIMIZATION  ?= s
-F_CPU         ?=
-C_STANDARD    ?= gnu99
-CPP_STANDARD  ?= gnu++98
-C_FLAGS       ?=
-CPP_FLAGS     ?=
-ASM_FLAGS     ?=
-CC_FLAGS      ?=
+BOARD          ?= NONE
+OPTIMIZATION   ?= s
+F_CPU          ?=
+C_STANDARD     ?= gnu99
+CPP_STANDARD   ?= gnu++98
+C_FLAGS        ?=
+CPP_FLAGS      ?=
+ASM_FLAGS      ?=
+CC_FLAGS       ?=
 
 # Convert input source file list to differentiate them by type
 C_SOURCE   = $(filter %.c, $(SRC))
diff --git a/LUFA/Build/lufa.dfu.in b/LUFA/Build/lufa.dfu.in
index ac5edeadce679beb31531c2981f3c083b0342156..8c478db842ba67cf8706c9a7f07ae280aa3ef080 100644
--- a/LUFA/Build/lufa.dfu.in
+++ b/LUFA/Build/lufa.dfu.in
@@ -37,15 +37,13 @@ LUFA_BUILD_OPTIONAL_VARS  +=
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Output Messages
-MSG_DFU_CMD   = '  [DFU]     :'
+MSG_COPY_CMD    = ' [CP]      :'
+MSG_REMOVE_CMD  = ' [RM]      :'
+MSG_DFU_CMD     = ' [DFU]     :'
 
 # Sanity check the user MCU and TARGET makefile options
-ifeq ($(MCU),)
-   $(error Makefile MCU value not set.)
-endif
-ifeq ($(TARGET),)
-   $(error Makefile TARGET value not set.)
-endif
+MCU            ?= $(error Makefile MCU value not set.)
+TARGET         ?= $(error Makefile TARGET value not set.)
 
 flip: $(TARGET).hex
 	@echo $(MSG_DFU_CMD) Programming FLASH with batchisp using \"$(TARGET).hex\"
@@ -54,11 +52,13 @@ flip: $(TARGET).hex
 	batchisp -hardware usb -device $(MCU) -operation start reset 0
 
 flip-ee: $(TARGET).eep
+	@echo $(MSG_DFU_CMD) Copying EEP file to temporary file \"$(TARGET)eep.hex\"
 	cp $(TARGET).eep $(TARGET)eep.hex
 	@echo $(MSG_DFU_CMD) Programming EEPROM with batchisp using \"$(TARGET).eep\"
 	batchisp -hardware usb -device $(MCU) -operation memory EEPROM erase
 	batchisp -hardware usb -device $(MCU) -operation memory EEPROM loadbuffer $(TARGET)eep.hex program
 	batchisp -hardware usb -device $(MCU) -operation start reset 0
+	@echo $(MSG_DFU_CMD) Removing temporary file \"$(TARGET)eep.hex\"
 	rm $(TARGET)eep.hex
 	
 dfu: $(TARGET).hex
diff --git a/LUFA/Build/lufa.doxygen.in b/LUFA/Build/lufa.doxygen.in
index 26cd40d7e41fa5bb013b61f22fa627b6de7bf2a4..039967cad1964cc0073569990f1bbf8835f5a54a 100644
--- a/LUFA/Build/lufa.doxygen.in
+++ b/LUFA/Build/lufa.doxygen.in
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ LUFA_BUILD_OPTIONAL_VARS  += DOXYGEN_CONF DOXYGEN_FAIL_ON_WARNING DOXYGEN_OVERRI
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Output Messages
-MSG_DOXYGEN_CMD   = '  [DOXYGEN] :'
+MSG_DOXYGEN_CMD          = ' [DOXYGEN] :'
 
 # Default values of user-supplied variables
 DOXYGEN_CONF            ?= Doxygen.conf
diff --git a/LUFA/Build/lufa.sources.in b/LUFA/Build/lufa.sources.in
index 37263b602b1022e59de5a083288e5d5b02a5aa6a..a2e02e97995483a36dff8ed321ed2d40bb68ec88 100644
--- a/LUFA/Build/lufa.sources.in
+++ b/LUFA/Build/lufa.sources.in
@@ -36,12 +36,8 @@ LUFA_BUILD_OPTIONAL_VARS  +=
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Sanity check the user LUFA_PATH and ARCH makefile options
-ifeq ($(LUFA_PATH),)
-   $(error Makefile LUFA_PATH value not set.)
-endif
-ifeq ($(ARCH),)
-   $(error Makefile ARCH value not set.)
-endif
+ARCH           ?= $(error Makefile ARCH value not set.)
+LUFA_PATH      ?= $(error Makefile LUFA_PATH value not set.)
 
 # Allow LUFA_ROOT_PATH to be overridden elsewhere to support legacy LUFA makefiles
 LUFA_ROOT_PATH ?= $(LUFA_PATH)