diff --git a/src/generator/templates/deps.mako b/src/generator/templates/deps.mako
index 841ede190c..57b9722edf 100644
--- a/src/generator/templates/deps.mako
+++ b/src/generator/templates/deps.mako
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ ${gen_root_stamp}: $(MAKO_RENDER) ${' '.join(i[0] for i in sds)} ${api_json_inpu
 
 ${api_target}: ${api_common}
 
-${api_crate_publish_file}: ${api_target}
+${api_crate_publish_file}:
 	cd ${gen_root} && cargo publish --allow-dirty
 	@mkdir -p ${os.path.dirname(api_crate_publish_file)}
 	touch $@