diff --git a/include/libcamera/ipa/meson.build b/include/libcamera/ipa/meson.build
index 3352d08fbd98..96fca42cc0b8 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/ipa/meson.build
+++ b/include/libcamera/ipa/meson.build
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ libcamera_ipa_headers = files([
 install_headers(libcamera_ipa_headers,
                 subdir : libcamera_ipa_include_dir)
 
-libcamera_generated_ipa_headers = []
-
 ipa_headers_install_dir = get_option('includedir') / libcamera_ipa_include_dir
 
 #
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ ipa_mojom_core = custom_target(core_mojom_file.split('.')[0] + '_mojom_module',
                                ])
 
 # core_ipa_interface.h
-libcamera_generated_ipa_headers += custom_target('core_ipa_interface_h',
+libcamera_ipa_headers += custom_target('core_ipa_interface_h',
                   input : ipa_mojom_core,
                   output : 'core_ipa_interface.h',
                   depends : mojom_templates,
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ libcamera_generated_ipa_headers += custom_target('core_ipa_interface_h',
                   ])
 
 # core_ipa_serializer.h
-libcamera_generated_ipa_headers += custom_target('core_ipa_serializer_h',
+libcamera_ipa_headers += custom_target('core_ipa_serializer_h',
                   input : ipa_mojom_core,
                   output : 'core_ipa_serializer.h',
                   depends : mojom_templates,
@@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ foreach pipeline, file : pipeline_ipa_mojom_mapping
         'mojom': mojom,
     }
 
-    libcamera_generated_ipa_headers += [header, serializer, proxy_header]
+    libcamera_ipa_headers += [header, serializer, proxy_header]
 endforeach
 
 ipa_mojom_files = []
diff --git a/src/libcamera/meson.build b/src/libcamera/meson.build
index 61a97c738ae8..86e8b88cc1b2 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/meson.build
+++ b/src/libcamera/meson.build
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ libcamera_internal_sources = files([
 ])
 
 libcamera_public_sources += libcamera_public_headers
-libcamera_internal_sources += libcamera_generated_ipa_headers
 libcamera_internal_sources += libcamera_tracepoint_header
 
 includes = [
@@ -196,6 +195,7 @@ libcamera_deps += [
 libcamera = shared_library('libcamera',
                            [
                                libcamera_public_sources,
+                               libcamera_ipa_headers,
                                libcamera_internal_sources,
                            ],
                            version : libcamera_version,
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ libcamera_public = declare_dependency(sources : [
 # Internal dependency for components and plugins which can use private APIs
 libcamera_private = declare_dependency(sources : [
                                            libcamera_ipa_headers,
-                                           libcamera_generated_ipa_headers,
                                        ],
                                        dependencies : [
                                            libcamera_public,