diff --git a/data/extra/templates/meson.build b/data/extra/templates/meson.build
index 54dddae..be5bcf4 100644
--- a/data/extra/templates/meson.build
+++ b/data/extra/templates/meson.build
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ skeleton_names = ['eflproject', 'eflproject_python']
 foreach skeleton_name : skeleton_names
 
   custom_target('skeleton ' + skeleton_name,
-    command : [tar, 'zcf', '@OUTPUT@', '-C', 
+    command : [tar, 'zcf', '@OUTPUT@', '-C',
       join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'data', 'extra', 'templates', 'skeletons'),
       skeleton_name],
-    input : join_paths('skeletons', skeleton_name),
     output : skeleton_name + '.tar.gz',
     install_dir: join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('datadir'), 'edi', 'templates'),
     install : true,