diff --git a/lib/formats/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/formats/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e4ecee3f..52d918698 100644
--- a/lib/formats/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/formats/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,33 +38,8 @@ set(LIBRARIES
     ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
-if(DEFINED PROTOBUF_COMPILER)
-	add_custom_target(protobuf ALL
-		COMMAND ${PROTOBUF_COMPILER}
-			--python_out=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-			#--php_out=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
-			--js_out=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-			--cpp_out=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-			villas.proto
-        DEPENDS villas.proto
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-	)
-endif()
-
-if(DEFINED PROTOBUFC_COMPILER)
-    add_custom_target(protobuf-c ALL
-        COMMAND ${PROTOBUFC_COMPILER}
-            --c_out=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-            villas.proto
-        DEPENDS villas.proto
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-    )
-
-    add_dependencies(protobuf protobuf-c)
-endif()
-
 # Enable Google Protobuf format
-if(ProtobufC_FOUND)
+if(PROTOBUFC_FOUND)
     list(APPEND FORMAT_SRC
         protobuf.c
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/villas.pb-c.c
@@ -83,10 +58,35 @@ if(ProtobufC_FOUND)
         PROPERTIES
             GENERATED TRUE
     )
-
-    add_dependencies(formats protobuf-c)
 endif()
 
 add_library(formats STATIC ${FORMAT_SRC})
 target_include_directories(formats PUBLIC ${INCLUDE_DIRS})
 target_link_libraries(formats INTERFACE ${LIBRARIES})
+
+if(DEFINED PROTOBUF_COMPILER AND PROTOBUF_FOUND)
+	add_custom_target(protobuf ALL
+		COMMAND ${PROTOBUF_COMPILER}
+			--python_out=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+			#--php_out=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+			--js_out=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+			--cpp_out=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+			villas.proto
+        DEPENDS villas.proto
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+    )
+    
+    add_dependencies(formats protobuf)
+endif()
+
+if(DEFINED PROTOBUFC_COMPILER AND PROTOBUFC_FOUND)
+    add_custom_target(protobuf-c ALL
+        COMMAND ${PROTOBUFC_COMPILER}
+            --c_out=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+            villas.proto
+        DEPENDS villas.proto
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+    )
+
+    add_dependencies(formats protobuf-c)
+endif()