diff --git a/man/meson.build b/man/meson.build
index a2e1de83b4..1d8b7b2ac7 100644
--- a/man/meson.build
+++ b/man/meson.build
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ if enable_introspection
       output: output,
       command: xsltproc_options + [join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), man[0] + '.xsl'), '@INPUT@'],
     )
-    content_files += input.full_path()
+    content_files += input
 
     output = '@0@.@1@'.format(man[0], man[1])
 
diff --git a/src/libnm-core-public/meson.build b/src/libnm-core-public/meson.build
index d135dbff94..c684d084ec 100644
--- a/src/libnm-core-public/meson.build
+++ b/src/libnm-core-public/meson.build
@@ -128,5 +128,5 @@ foreach docbook: docbooks
     build_by_default: true,
   )
 
-  content_files += xml.full_path()
+  content_files += xml
 endforeach