diff --git a/share/mk/local.sys.mk b/share/mk/local.sys.mk
index 59d689933a67..ae022a19d4b7 100644
--- a/share/mk/local.sys.mk
+++ b/share/mk/local.sys.mk
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ META_COOKIE=		${COOKIE.${.TARGET}:U${.OBJDIR}/${.TARGET}}
 META_COOKIE_RM=		@rm -f ${META_COOKIE}
 META_COOKIE_TOUCH=	@touch ${META_COOKIE}
 CLEANFILES+=		${META_TARGETS}
-_meta_dep_before:	.USEBEFORE
+_meta_dep_before:	.USEBEFORE .NOTMAIN
 	${META_COOKIE_RM}
-_meta_dep_after:	.USE
+_meta_dep_after:	.USE .NOTMAIN
 	${META_COOKIE_TOUCH}
 # Attach this to a target to allow it to benefit from meta mode's
 # not rerunning a command if it doesn't need to be considering its