diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 229eb585f7..a43f9d0012 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2838,12 +2838,12 @@ qapi_gen_depends = [ meson.current_source_dir() / 'scripts/qapi/__init__.py',
                      meson.current_source_dir() / 'scripts/qapi/expr.py',
                      meson.current_source_dir() / 'scripts/qapi/gen.py',
                      meson.current_source_dir() / 'scripts/qapi/introspect.py',
+                     meson.current_source_dir() / 'scripts/qapi/main.py',
                      meson.current_source_dir() / 'scripts/qapi/parser.py',
                      meson.current_source_dir() / 'scripts/qapi/schema.py',
                      meson.current_source_dir() / 'scripts/qapi/source.py',
                      meson.current_source_dir() / 'scripts/qapi/types.py',
                      meson.current_source_dir() / 'scripts/qapi/visit.py',
-                     meson.current_source_dir() / 'scripts/qapi/common.py',
                      meson.current_source_dir() / 'scripts/qapi-gen.py'
 ]