diff --git a/make/projects-dir.mk b/make/projects-dir.mk
index 71a074e1..9ea39346 100644
--- a/make/projects-dir.mk
+++ b/make/projects-dir.mk
@@ -204,14 +204,14 @@ clean.text-files-cache:
 	rm -f $(TEXT_FILES_CACHE)
 list-files:
 	@realpath Makefile
-	@for p in $(PROJECTS); do \
+	@for p in $(BUILD_PROJECTS); do \
 		$(LIST_VCS_FILES_SH) -znf $$p | sed -z "s/^/$$p\//" | \
 			xargs -0 realpath ;\
 	done
 $(TEXT_FILES_CACHE):
 	@make -s text-files-update
 text-files-update:
-	@make -s --no-print-directory list-files | xargs file -N | grep ":.*text" | cut -d: -f1 > $(TEXT_FILES_CACHE).tmp
+	make -s --no-print-directory list-files | xargs file -N | grep ":.*text" | cut -d: -f1 > $(TEXT_FILES_CACHE).tmp
 	mv $(TEXT_FILES_CACHE).tmp $(TEXT_FILES_CACHE)
 text-files-update-all:
 	@PROJECTS_TXT= make text-files-update