diff --git a/Make.mk b/Make.mk
index 2081b654..2d79ec33 100644
--- a/Make.mk
+++ b/Make.mk
@@ -90,11 +90,7 @@ subst.in = sed \
 # See `Cleanliness' below
 mk := subjects.mk
 ifeq ($(revctrl),git)
-mk += sources.mk
-else
-ifneq ($(srcdir),.)
-mk += sources.mk
-endif
+mk += $(srcdir)/sources.mk
 endif
 # Generated by Autoconf, not distributed:
 ac := config.h config.log config.status info.html info.nr lib stamp-h
@@ -147,9 +143,7 @@ $(ttop) $(info.nr) $(info.html) $(empth_obj) $(empth_lib)
 # Removed by distclean:
 distclean := $(ac) $(mk)
 # Distributed by dist-source from $(srcdir)
-src_distgen := $(acdist)
-# Distributed by dist-source from .
-bld_distgen := sources.mk
+src_distgen := $(acdist) sources.mk
 # Distributed by dist-client from $(srcdir)/src/client
 cli_distgen := $(acdistcli)
 
@@ -328,27 +322,21 @@ info.ps: info/TROFF.MAC info/INFO.MAC $(ttop) $(tsubj) $(tsrc)
 
 # List of source files
 
-# Note: $(srcdir)/sources.mk is only used when the source tree came
-# from a tarball rather than git.  The following rules create a
-# sources.mk to put into the tarball.  It is not used otherwise in
-# this build.
-
+# Note: $(srcdir)/sources.mk is only included when the source tree
+# came from a tarball rather than git.  The following rule creates a
+# it only for putting it into the tarball.  It is not used otherwise
+# in this build.
 ifeq ($(revctrl),git)
-.PHONY: sources.mk
-sources.mk:
-	echo "src := $(src)" >sources.mk
-else
-ifneq ($(srcdir),.)
-sources.mk: $(srcdir)/sources.mk
-	cp -f $^ $@
-endif
+.PHONY: $(srcdir)/sources.mk
+$(srcdir)/sources.mk:
+	echo "src := $(src)" >$@
 endif
 
 # Distributing
 
 .PHONY: dist-source
-dist-source: $(src_distgen) $(bld_distgen)
-	$(tarball) $(TARNAME)-$(VERSION) $(bld_distgen) -C $(srcdir) $(src_distgen) $(src)
+dist-source: $(src_distgen)
+	$(tarball) $(TARNAME)-$(VERSION) -C $(srcdir) $(src_distgen) $(src)
 
 .PHONY: dist-client
 dist-client: $(cli_distgen)