diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index db49281df631ad6e8c52d7d7c0cb9ba181b45492..68c2ad7f9c7cea37510ca321e028f0b6c12b0c76 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # Release Version for API related changes
 m4_define([project_major_version], [0])
 m4_define([project_minor_version], [16])
-m4_define([project_micro_version], [2])
+m4_define([project_micro_version], [3])
 m4_define([project_nano_version], [0])
 
 # LT_VERSION for ABI related changes
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 Makefile
 gxml/namespace-info.vala
 gxml/gxml-$API_VERSION.pc:gxml/gxml.pc.in
+gxml/gxml-$API_VERSION.deps:gxml/gxml.deps.in
 gxml/Makefile
 test/Makefile
 examples/Makefile
diff --git a/gxml/Makefile.am b/gxml/Makefile.am
index 9fac86e363336b9f37101d60a94d1930f043fc2b..2117373a094c7a2265d2f101560604a9fc22644e 100644
--- a/gxml/Makefile.am
+++ b/gxml/Makefile.am
@@ -194,11 +194,6 @@ libgxml_0_16_la_SOURCES= \
 	xlibxml.c \
 	$(NULL)
 
-gxml-$(API_VERSION).deps:
-	echo 'libxml-2.0' > $@
-	echo 'gee-0.8' >> $@
-	echo 'gio-2.0' >> $@
-
 # .h header file
 gxml.h: libgxml-$(API_VERSION).la
 gxmldir= $(includedir)/gxml-$(API_VERSION)/gxml
@@ -221,6 +216,9 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	$(pkgconfig_in) \
 	$(NULL)
 
+DISTCLEANFILES= \
+	gxml-$(API_VERSION).deps
+
 # This makes GObject Introspection optional and requires to use --enable-instrospection switch on configure
 if HAVE_INTROSPECTION
 
diff --git a/gxml/gxml.deps.in b/gxml/gxml.deps.in
index ff7dc3f9056b787155e3feb7cd8c85b336284560..1cef7f7b427eb8afa94ee364cb4ee2496af9ff13 100644
--- a/gxml/gxml.deps.in
+++ b/gxml/gxml.deps.in
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-@VALADEPS@
+gio-2.0
+gee-0.8
+libxml-2.0
diff --git a/gxml/meson.build b/gxml/meson.build
index 421f6aa62e285ad29b4eea5573cf64d16d170807..e44822397ff8c0cf507f86a8447dbf9c6ccdd8bf 100644
--- a/gxml/meson.build
+++ b/gxml/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ VAPI_NAME = VERSIONED_PROJECT_NAME+'.vapi'
 conf = configuration_data()
 conf.set('prefix', get_option('prefix'))
 conf.set('libdir', '${exec_prefix}/'+get_option ('libdir'))
-conf.set('VALADEPS', VALADEPS)
 conf.set('PCDEPS', PCDEPS)
 conf.set('PROJECT_NAME', PROJECT_NAME)
 conf.set('PROJECT_VERSION', PROJECT_VERSION)