diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 90e267e..e655f2c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
   sdbusplusplus_depfiles = subproject('sdbusplus').get_variable('sdbusplusplus_depfiles')
 endif
 
-generated_sources = []
-generated_others = []
-yaml_sources = []
+yaml_selected_subdirs = [ 'xyz' ]
+should_generate_cpp = true
+should_generate_markdown = false
+should_generate_registry = false
 subdir('gen')
-subdir('gen/xyz')
 networkd_dbus_includes = include_directories('gen')
 
 phosphor_dbus_interfaces_dep = dependency('phosphor-dbus-interfaces')