diff --git a/src/lib/ector/meson.build b/src/lib/ector/meson.build
index 33be8d2b1b..874d16a21c 100644
--- a/src/lib/ector/meson.build
+++ b/src/lib/ector/meson.build
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ eolian_include_directories += ['-I', meson.current_source_dir()]
 
 subdir('cairo')
 subdir('gl')
-subdir('software')
 
 pub_eo_types_files = [
   'ector_types.eot'
@@ -73,6 +72,8 @@ foreach eo_file : pub_eo_types_files
                            '-ghd', '@INPUT@'])
 endforeach
 
+subdir('software')
+
 ector_lib = library('ector',
     ector_src, pub_eo_file_target,
     dependencies: ector_pub_deps + [triangulator, freetype, draw, m] + ector_deps,