diff --git a/share/mk/local.meta.sys.mk b/share/mk/local.meta.sys.mk
index 82de954945a..2706683f210 100644
--- a/share/mk/local.meta.sys.mk
+++ b/share/mk/local.meta.sys.mk
@@ -283,6 +283,3 @@ META_MODE+=	missing-meta=yes
 .if empty(META_MODE:Mnofilemon)
 META_MODE+=	missing-filemon=yes
 .endif
-# We do not want everything out-of-date just because
-# some unrelated shared lib updated this.
-.MAKE.META.IGNORE_PATHS+= /usr/local/etc/libmap.d
diff --git a/share/mk/sys.mk b/share/mk/sys.mk
index c6c54f14aed..cd300e8b7a1 100644
--- a/share/mk/sys.mk
+++ b/share/mk/sys.mk
@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ META_MODE?= normal
 	/usr/share \
 
 .endif
-
+.if !empty(.MAKE.MODE:Mmeta)
+# We do not want everything out-of-date just because
+# some unrelated shared lib updated this.
+.MAKE.META.IGNORE_PATHS+= /usr/local/etc/libmap.d
+.endif
 
 .if ${MK_AUTO_OBJ} == "yes"
 # This needs to be done early - before .PATH is computed