diff --git a/sdbuild/packages/xrfdc/package/Makefile b/sdbuild/packages/xrfdc/package/Makefile
index 2fc692302e..7ed01ae6ab 100644
--- a/sdbuild/packages/xrfdc/package/Makefile
+++ b/sdbuild/packages/xrfdc/package/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ $(EMBEDDEDSW_DIR):
 	git clone https://github.com/Xilinx/embeddedsw \
 		--depth 1 -b $(ESW_VERSION) $(EMBEDDEDSW_DIR)
 
-$(LIB_METAL_INC): $(EMBEDDED_DIR)
+$(LIB_METAL_INC): $(EMBEDDEDSW_DIR)
 	mkdir -p $(LIB_METAL_DIR)/build-libmetal;
 	cd $(LIB_METAL_DIR)/build-libmetal; \
 	cmake .. -Wno-deprecated \
diff --git a/sdbuild/packages/xsdfec/package/Makefile b/sdbuild/packages/xsdfec/package/Makefile
index 30c7b73ed4..4d62607690 100644
--- a/sdbuild/packages/xsdfec/package/Makefile
+++ b/sdbuild/packages/xsdfec/package/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ $(EMBEDDEDSW_DIR):
 	git clone https://github.com/Xilinx/embeddedsw \
 		--depth 1 -b $(ESW_VERSION) $(EMBEDDEDSW_DIR)
 
-$(LIB_METAL_INC): $(EMBEDDED_DIR)
+$(LIB_METAL_INC): $(EMBEDDEDSW_DIR)
 	mkdir -p $(LIB_METAL_DIR)/build-libmetal;
 	cd $(LIB_METAL_DIR)/build-libmetal; \
 	cmake .. -Wno-deprecated \