diff --git a/ApacheConnector/dependencies b/ApacheConnector/dependencies
index afd736493..ac367b3f1 100644
--- a/ApacheConnector/dependencies
+++ b/ApacheConnector/dependencies
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Net
 Util
 XML
+JSON
 Foundation
diff --git a/ApacheConnector/samples/dependencies b/ApacheConnector/samples/dependencies
index afd736493..ac367b3f1 100644
--- a/ApacheConnector/samples/dependencies
+++ b/ApacheConnector/samples/dependencies
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Net
 Util
 XML
+JSON
 Foundation
diff --git a/Foundation/samples/StringTokenizer/Makefile b/Foundation/samples/StringTokenizer/Makefile
index 8c150b38e..2114063ea 100644
--- a/Foundation/samples/StringTokenizer/Makefile
+++ b/Foundation/samples/StringTokenizer/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ objects = StringTokenizer
 
 target         = StringTokenizer
 target_version = 1
-target_libs    = PocoJSON PocoXML PocoFoundation
+target_libs    = PocoFoundation
 
 include $(POCO_BASE)/build/rules/exec
diff --git a/Foundation/samples/URI/Makefile b/Foundation/samples/URI/Makefile
index 761a7c906..17ffb8f0a 100644
--- a/Foundation/samples/URI/Makefile
+++ b/Foundation/samples/URI/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ objects = URI
 
 target         = URI
 target_version = 1
-target_libs    = PocoJSON PocoXML PocoFoundation
+target_libs    = PocoFoundation
 
 include $(POCO_BASE)/build/rules/exec
diff --git a/Net/samples/dependencies b/Net/samples/dependencies
index 9abb396e6..b8694eecd 100644
--- a/Net/samples/dependencies
+++ b/Net/samples/dependencies
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 Foundation
 XML
+JSON
 Util
diff --git a/PageCompiler/File2Page/dependencies b/PageCompiler/File2Page/dependencies
index afd736493..ac367b3f1 100644
--- a/PageCompiler/File2Page/dependencies
+++ b/PageCompiler/File2Page/dependencies
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Net
 Util
 XML
+JSON
 Foundation
diff --git a/PageCompiler/dependencies b/PageCompiler/dependencies
index afd736493..ac367b3f1 100644
--- a/PageCompiler/dependencies
+++ b/PageCompiler/dependencies
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Net
 Util
 XML
+JSON
 Foundation
diff --git a/PageCompiler/samples/dependencies b/PageCompiler/samples/dependencies
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44c14efc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PageCompiler/samples/dependencies
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Foundation
+Net
+Util
+PageCompiler
diff --git a/PocoDoc/dependencies b/PocoDoc/dependencies
index faca17665..31fd98e1b 100644
--- a/PocoDoc/dependencies
+++ b/PocoDoc/dependencies
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Util
 CppParser
 XML
+JSON
 Foundation
diff --git a/SevenZip/dependencies b/SevenZip/dependencies
index c694b3733..a4b61d5e9 100644
--- a/SevenZip/dependencies
+++ b/SevenZip/dependencies
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 Foundation
 Util
 XML
+JSON
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Zip/dependencies b/Zip/dependencies
index 5242bc4e0..eb3196294 100644
--- a/Zip/dependencies
+++ b/Zip/dependencies
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ Foundation
 Net
 Util
 XML
+JSON
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/release/script/mkrelease b/release/script/mkrelease
index e5b4e269a..232f9f9dc 100755
--- a/release/script/mkrelease
+++ b/release/script/mkrelease
@@ -209,17 +209,23 @@ ifndef POCO_BASE
 $(warning WARNING: POCO_BASE is not defined. Assuming current directory.)
 export POCO_BASE=$(shell pwd)
 endif
-#$(info POCO_BASE  = $(POCO_BASE))
+ifdef POCO_VERBOSE
+$(info POCO_BASE  = $(POCO_BASE))
+endif
 
 ifndef POCO_PREFIX
 export POCO_PREFIX=/usr/local
 endif
-#$(info POCO_PREFIX=$(POCO_PREFIX))
+ifdef POCO_VERBOSE
+$(info POCO_PREFIX=$(POCO_PREFIX))
+endif
 
 ifndef POCO_BUILD
 export POCO_BUILD=$(POCO_BASE)
 endif
-#$(info POCO_BUILD = $(POCO_BUILD))
+ifdef POCO_VERBOSE
+$(info POCO_BUILD = $(POCO_BUILD))
+endif
 
 #
 # Determine OS
@@ -232,10 +238,14 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(findstring MINGW,$(POCO_HOST_OSNAME)),MINGW)
 POCO_HOST_OSNAME = MinGW
 endif
-#$(info POCO_HOST_OSNAME= $(POCO_HOST_OSNAME))
+ifdef POCO_VERBOSE
+$(info POCO_HOST_OSNAME= $(POCO_HOST_OSNAME))
+endif
 
 POCO_HOST_OSARCH ?= $(subst /,-,$(shell uname -m | tr ' ' _))
-#$(info POCO_HOST_OSARCH= $(POCO_HOST_OSARCH))
+ifdef POCO_VERBOSE
+$(info POCO_HOST_OSARCH= $(POCO_HOST_OSARCH))
+endif
 
 #
 # If POCO_CONFIG is not set, use the OS name as configuration name
@@ -243,7 +253,9 @@ POCO_HOST_OSARCH ?= $(subst /,-,$(shell uname -m | tr ' ' _))
 ifndef POCO_CONFIG
 POCO_CONFIG = $(POCO_HOST_OSNAME)
 endif
-#$(info POCO_CONFIG   = $(POCO_CONFIG))
+ifdef POCO_VERBOSE
+$(info POCO_CONFIG   = $(POCO_CONFIG))
+endif
 
 #
 # Include System Specific Settings
@@ -258,14 +270,18 @@ OSNAME   := $(POCO_HOST_OSNAME)
 else
 OSNAME   := $(POCO_TARGET_OSNAME)
 endif
-#$(info OSNAME     = $(OSNAME))
+ifdef POCO_VERBOSE
+$(info OSNAME     = $(OSNAME))
+endif
 
 ifndef POCO_TARGET_OSARCH
 OSARCH   := $(POCO_HOST_OSARCH)
 else
 OSARCH   := $(POCO_TARGET_OSARCH)
 endif
-#$(info OSARCH     = $(OSARCH))
+ifdef POCO_VERBOSE
+$(info OSARCH     = $(OSARCH))
+endif
 
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