diff --git a/gobject/Makefile.am b/gobject/Makefile.am
index e4de15000..761a744c1 100644
--- a/gobject/Makefile.am
+++ b/gobject/Makefile.am
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	.gitignore \
 	bindtests-retvalues.js \
 	guestfs-gobject.pod \
+	libguestfs-gobject-1.0.deps \
 	tests-misc.js \
 	run-tests \
 	run-tests-retvalues \
@@ -122,8 +123,6 @@ vapidir = $(datadir)/vala/vapi
 vapi_DATA = $(VAPIGEN_VAPIS) $(VAPIGEN_VAPIS:.vapi=.deps)
 endif
 
-EXTRA_DIST += libguestfs-gobject-1.0.deps
-
 endif HAVE_INTROSPECTION
 
 # Documentation.