diff --git a/src/cmd/fetch.zig b/src/cmd/fetch.zig
index 49b29dd3440524e40790c44d873c99b904bb0b80..c8e4b940343b68f2cff7e87356bacdb043d29111 100644
--- a/src/cmd/fetch.zig
+++ b/src/cmd/fetch.zig
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ fn print_deps(w: std.fs.File.Writer, m: zigmod.Module) !void {
         if (d.main.len == 0) {
             continue;
         }
+        if (d.for_build) {
+            continue;
+        }
         try w.print("    package_data._{s},\n", .{d.id[0..12]});
     }
     try w.writeAll("}");