ssh, $(MAKE) and -n weirdness

[Martin d'Anjou]

Hello,

Can someone explain why the remote1 and the remote2 targets respond 
differently to passing the -n switch in the following makefile?

$ cat makefile
remote=localhost
remote1:
        ssh $(remote) "cd $(PWD) && $(MAKE) -f makefile this"
remote2:
        ssh $(remote) "cd $(PWD) && make -f makefile this"
this:
        @echo This is done!

$ make remote1 -n
ssh localhost "cd /home/me && make -f makefile this"
This is done!
$ make remote2 -n
ssh localhost "cd /home/me && make -f makefile this"
$

What I do not understand is why "remote1" is built even though I pass -n?

Thanks,
Martin