diff --git a/applets/Kbuild.src b/applets/Kbuild.src
index b61239948..5cc1827ea 100644
--- a/applets/Kbuild.src
+++ b/applets/Kbuild.src
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ applets/applets.o: include/usage_compressed.h include/applet_tables.h
 
 applets/applet_tables: .config include/applets.h
 applets/usage:         .config include/applets.h
-applets/usage_pod:     .config include/applet_tables.h include/applets.h
+applets/usage_pod:     .config include/applets.h include/applet_tables.h include/NUM_APPLETS.h
 
 quiet_cmd_gen_usage_compressed = GEN     include/usage_compressed.h
       cmd_gen_usage_compressed = $(srctree_slash)applets/usage_compressed include/usage_compressed.h applets
@@ -40,8 +40,5 @@ include/usage_compressed.h: applets/usage $(srctree_slash)applets/usage_compress
 quiet_cmd_gen_applet_tables = GEN     include/applet_tables.h
       cmd_gen_applet_tables = applets/applet_tables include/applet_tables.h include/NUM_APPLETS.h
 
-include/applet_tables.h: applets/applet_tables
-	$(call cmd,gen_applet_tables)
-
-include/NUM_APPLETS.h: applets/applet_tables
+include/applet_tables.h include/NUM_APPLETS.h: applets/applet_tables
 	$(call cmd,gen_applet_tables)