diff --git a/src/freedreno/decode/meson.build b/src/freedreno/decode/meson.build
index 9435fc8c04c..b02f795234c 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/decode/meson.build
+++ b/src/freedreno/decode/meson.build
@@ -18,16 +18,6 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
 
-dep_lua = dependency('lua53', required: false)
-if not dep_lua.found()
-  dep_lua = dependency('lua52', required: false)
-endif
-if not dep_lua.found()
-  dep_lua = dependency('lua', required: false)
-endif
-
-dep_libarchive = dependency('libarchive', required: false)
-
 # Shared cmdstream decoding:
 libfreedreno_cffdec = static_library(
   'freedreno_cffdec',
diff --git a/src/freedreno/meson.build b/src/freedreno/meson.build
index 6ecf2e196aa..64108c57756 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/meson.build
+++ b/src/freedreno/meson.build
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ rnn_src_path = meson.source_root() + '/src/freedreno/registers'
 rnn_install_path = get_option('datadir') + '/freedreno/registers'
 rnn_path = rnn_src_path + ':' + get_option('prefix') + '/' + rnn_install_path
 
+dep_lua = dependency('lua53', required: false)
+if not dep_lua.found()
+  dep_lua = dependency('lua52', required: false)
+endif
+if not dep_lua.found()
+  dep_lua = dependency('lua', required: false)
+endif
+
+dep_libarchive = dependency('libarchive', required: false)
 dep_libxml2 = dependency('libxml-2.0', required: false)
 prog_gzip = find_program('gzip', required: false)