diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 85e6fda..ffe0311 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ check: test-srpm
 
 ## use this to build an srpm locally
 ifneq (, $(filter contribs7 contribs8 contribs9, $(BRANCH)))
-srpm: $(TARGETS)
+srpm: sources $(TARGETS)
 	$(RPM_WITH_DIRS) $(DIST_DEFINES) --define _source_filedigest_algorithm=md5 --nodeps -bs $(SPECFILE)
 else
 srpm: sources $(TARGETS)
@@ -348,8 +348,6 @@ $(ARCHIVEFILE):
 
 test-srpm: srpm
 
-# Create the tar file used to transport the source tree
-	
 verrel:
 	@echo $(NAME)-$(VERSION)-$(RELEASE)