diff --git a/ompi/mpi/f90/Makefile.am b/ompi/mpi/f90/Makefile.am
index 948da37c09..562b328627 100644
--- a/ompi/mpi/f90/Makefile.am
+++ b/ompi/mpi/f90/Makefile.am
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ AM_FCFLAGS = -I$(top_builddir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/include $(OMPI_FC_MODULE_
 
 EXTRA_DIST = mpi_kinds.f90
 
-# We have to build this before the other ones.
-BUILT_SOURCES = mpi_kinds.ompi_module
-
 # Override the default f90 rules because we have to insert
 # $(FCFLAGS_f90) right before the source filename.  This is necessary
 # for cases where the compiler expects source files to end in .f, and
@@ -83,6 +80,10 @@ BUILT_SOURCES = mpi_kinds.ompi_module
 lib_LIBRARIES =
 if OMPI_WANT_F90_BINDINGS
 
+# We have to build this before the other ones.
+
+BUILT_SOURCES = mpi_kinds.ompi_module
+
 # Add the f90 library to the list of libraries to build
 
 lib_LIBRARIES += libmpi_f90.a