diff --git a/mlir/tools/mlir-opt/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/tools/mlir-opt/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/tools/mlir-opt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/tools/mlir-opt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
 
   LINK_LIBS PUBLIC
   ${LIBS}
-
-  DEPENDS
-  intrinsics_gen
-  mlir-headers
   )
 
 add_llvm_tool(mlir-opt