diff --git a/daemon/Makefile.am b/daemon/Makefile.am
index a1e5e68eb..024aa6a0c 100644
--- a/daemon/Makefile.am
+++ b/daemon/Makefile.am
@@ -26,19 +26,6 @@ generator_built = \
 	stubs.c \
 	names.c
 
-BUILT_SOURCES = \
-	$(generator_built) \
-	guestfs_protocol.c \
-	guestfs_protocol.h \
-	errnostring-gperf.c \
-	errnostring-gperf.gperf \
-	errnostring.c \
-	errnostring.h
-
-EXTRA_DIST = \
-	$(BUILT_SOURCES) \
-	guestfsd.pod
-
 shared_with_library = \
 	guestfs_protocol.c \
 	guestfs_protocol.h \
@@ -46,6 +33,15 @@ shared_with_library = \
 	errnostring.c \
 	errnostring.h
 
+BUILT_SOURCES = \
+	$(generator_built) \
+	$(shared_with_library) \
+	errnostring-gperf.c
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	$(BUILT_SOURCES) \
+	guestfsd.pod
+
 $(shared_with_library): %: $(libsrcdir)/%
 	rm -f $@
 	ln $< $@