diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/genxml/gen_pack.py b/src/panfrost/lib/genxml/gen_pack.py
index 2fd4bb44e83..f3c3cca2a2b 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/genxml/gen_pack.py
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/genxml/gen_pack.py
@@ -511,8 +511,20 @@ class Value(object):
         self.name = attrs["name"]
         self.value = int(attrs["value"], 0)
 
+pack_header = """/* Autogenerated file, do not edit */
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 Collabora Ltd.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+#ifndef PAN_PACK_H
+#define PAN_PACK_H
+
+#include "genxml/pan_pack_helpers.h"
+"""
+
 class Parser(object):
-    def __init__(self, pack_header):
+    def __init__(self):
         self.parser = xml.parsers.expat.ParserCreate()
         self.parser.StartElementHandler = self.start_element
         self.parser.EndElementHandler = self.end_element
@@ -523,17 +535,13 @@ class Parser(object):
         self.enums = set()
         self.aggregate = None
         self.aggregates = {}
-        self.pack_header = pack_header
 
     def gen_prefix(self, name):
         return '{}_{}'.format(global_prefix.upper(), name)
 
     def start_element(self, name, attrs):
         if name == "panxml":
-            print('/* Autogenerated file, do not edit */')
-            print(self.pack_header)
-            print('#ifndef PAN_PACK_H')
-            print('#define PAN_PACK_H')
+            print(pack_header)
             if "arch" in attrs:
                 arch = int(attrs["arch"])
                 if arch <= 6:
@@ -704,9 +712,7 @@ class Parser(object):
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 parser.add_argument('input_file')
-parser.add_argument('pack_header')
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
-pack_header = open(args.pack_header).read()
-p = Parser(pack_header)
+p = Parser()
 p.parse(args.input_file)
diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/genxml/meson.build b/src/panfrost/lib/genxml/meson.build
index 177dc4b754a..1243a138ba5 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/genxml/meson.build
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/genxml/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pan_packers = []
 foreach packer : ['common', 'v4', 'v5', 'v6', 'v7', 'v9', 'v10']
   pan_packers += custom_target(
     packer + '_pack.h',
-    input : ['gen_pack.py', packer + '.xml', 'pan_pack_helpers.h'],
+    input : ['gen_pack.py', packer + '.xml'],
     output : packer + '_pack.h',
     command : [prog_python, '@INPUT@'],
     capture : true,