diff --git a/src/Makefile-st.am b/src/Makefile-st.am
index 7cbdfd894..721253ed4 100644
--- a/src/Makefile-st.am
+++ b/src/Makefile-st.am
@@ -156,8 +156,10 @@ libst_1_0_la_SOURCES =				\
 	$(st_source_private_h)			\
 	$(st_source_private_c)			\
 	$(st_source_h)				\
-	st.h					\
+	$(NULL)
+nodist_libst_1_0_la_SOURCES =			\
 	$(st_built_sources)			\
+	st.h					\
 	$(NULL)
 libst_1_0_la_CPPFLAGS = $(st_cflags)
 libst_1_0_la_LDFLAGS = $(LDADD)
diff --git a/src/Makefile-tray.am b/src/Makefile-tray.am
index 6a1dbf562..b814c1f7b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile-tray.am
+++ b/src/Makefile-tray.am
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ tray_cflags =					\
 	$(TRAY_CFLAGS)				\
 	$(NULL)
 
-BUILT_SOURCES += $(tray_built_sources)
-
 # please, keep this sorted alphabetically
 tray_source =			\
 	tray/na-tray-child.c	\
@@ -19,7 +17,6 @@ noinst_LTLIBRARIES += libtray.la
 libtray_la_LIBADD = $(TRAY_LIBS)
 libtray_la_SOURCES =		\
 	$(tray_source)		\
-	$(tray_built_sources)	\
 	$(NULL)
 libtray_la_CPPFLAGS = $(tray_cflags)
 libtray_la_LDFLAGS = $(LDADD)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 51e2ee486..4131b80c7 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ libgnome_shell_base_la_SOURCES = 	\
 	$(NULL)
 
 libgnome_shell_sources =		\
-	$(shell_built_sources)		\
 	$(shell_public_headers_h)	\
 	shell-app-private.h		\
 	shell-app-system-private.h	\
@@ -170,11 +169,16 @@ libgnome_shell_sources =		\
 	shell-util.c			\
 	shell-window-tracker.c		\
 	shell-wm.c			\
+	$(NULL)
+
+libgnome_shell_built_sources =		\
+	$(shell_built_sources)		\
 	$(top_builddir)/js/js-resources.c		\
 	$(top_builddir)/js/js-resources.h		\
 	$(NULL)
 
 libgnome_shell_la_SOURCES = $(libgnome_shell_sources)
+nodist_libgnome_shell_la_SOURCES = $(libgnome_shell_built_sources)
 
 libgnome_shell_la_gir_sources = \
 	$(filter-out %-private.h $(shell_private_sources), $(shell_public_headers_h) $(libgnome_shell_base_la_SOURCES) $(libgnome_shell_sources))
@@ -192,6 +196,7 @@ gnome_shell_DEPENDENCIES = libgnome-shell.la
 
 if HAVE_MUTTER_WAYLAND
 libgnome_shell_wayland_la_SOURCES = $(libgnome_shell_sources)
+nodist_libgnome_shell_wayland_la_SOURCES = $(libgnome_shell_built_sources)
 
 gnome_shell_wayland_SOURCES = main.c
 gnome_shell_wayland_CPPFLAGS = \