diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f5cb28cb44..59b885a861 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ libnm_core_nm_keyfile_libnm_keyfile_la_CPPFLAGS = \
 	$(GLIB_CFLAGS) \
 	$(SANITIZER_LIB_CFLAGS) \
 	-DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\""libnm"\" \
-	-DNETWORKMANAGER_COMPILATION='(NM_NETWORKMANAGER_COMPILATION_WITH_LIBNM_CORE_INTERNAL|NM_NETWORKMANAGER_COMPILATION_WITH_GLIB|NM_NETWORKMANAGER_COMPILATION_WITH_GLIB_I18N_LIB)' \
+	-DNETWORKMANAGER_COMPILATION=NM_NETWORKMANAGER_COMPILATION_LIBNM_CORE \
 	$(NULL)
 
 libnm_core_nm_keyfile_libnm_keyfile_la_SOURCES = \
diff --git a/libnm-core/meson.build b/libnm-core/meson.build
index a02bbe1bf2..4883d695b5 100644
--- a/libnm-core/meson.build
+++ b/libnm-core/meson.build
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ libnm_keyfile = static_library(
   dependencies: libnm_glib_aux_dep,
   c_args: [
     '-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="@0@"'.format(libnm_name),
-    '-DNETWORKMANAGER_COMPILATION=(NM_NETWORKMANAGER_COMPILATION_WITH_LIBNM_CORE_INTERNAL|NM_NETWORKMANAGER_COMPILATION_WITH_GLIB|NM_NETWORKMANAGER_COMPILATION_WITH_GLIB_I18N_LIB)',
+    '-DNETWORKMANAGER_COMPILATION=NM_NETWORKMANAGER_COMPILATION_LIBNM_CORE',
   ],
   link_with: libnm_libnm_core_intern,
 )