diff --git a/tools/meson.build b/tools/meson.build
index 3b06af0..bb08ffb 100644
--- a/tools/meson.build
+++ b/tools/meson.build
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 tool_dir = meson.current_source_dir()
 
 elog_gen = files('elog-gen.py')
-install_data(
-    elog_gen,
-    install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'phosphor-logging' / 'elog' / 'tools',
-)
-
 subdir('phosphor-logging/templates')
diff --git a/tools/phosphor-logging/templates/meson.build b/tools/phosphor-logging/templates/meson.build
index ce48798..e4dd26f 100644
--- a/tools/phosphor-logging/templates/meson.build
+++ b/tools/phosphor-logging/templates/meson.build
@@ -1,11 +1 @@
 template_elog_gen = files('elog-gen-template.mako.hpp')
-template_elog_lookup = files('elog-lookup-template.mako.cpp')
-template_elog_process_metadata = files('elog-process-metadata.mako.cpp')
-
-install_data(
-    template_elog_gen,
-    template_elog_lookup,
-    template_elog_process_metadata,
-    install_dir : get_option('datadir') / 'phosphor-logging' / 'elog' /
-        'tools' / 'phosphor-logging' / 'templates',
-)