diff --git a/include/libcamera/meson.build b/include/libcamera/meson.build
index 13e9eeb6d..eb787d447 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/meson.build
+++ b/include/libcamera/meson.build
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ foreach header : control_source_files
     control_headers += custom_target(header + '_h',
                                      input : input_files,
                                      output : header + '.h',
-                                     depend_files : gen_controls,
                                      command : [gen_controls, '-o', '@OUTPUT@', '@INPUT@'],
                                      install : true,
                                      install_dir : join_paths('include', include_dir))
diff --git a/src/libcamera/meson.build b/src/libcamera/meson.build
index 2b1850897..ebce19d90 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/meson.build
+++ b/src/libcamera/meson.build
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ foreach source : control_source_files
     control_sources += custom_target(source + '_cpp',
                                      input : input_files,
                                      output : source + '.cpp',
-                                     depend_files : gen_controls,
                                      command : [gen_controls, '-o', '@OUTPUT@', '@INPUT@'])
 endforeach