diff --git a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
index ad1acbde3..5dfcccd4e 100644
--- a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
@@ -665,7 +665,6 @@ function(generatePDBs)
     FetchContent_Populate(cv2pdb)
 
     set(PDBS_TO_GENERATE main main-forwarder libimhex ${PLUGINS})
-    add_custom_target(pdbs)
     foreach (PDB ${PDBS_TO_GENERATE})
         if (PDB STREQUAL "main")
             set(GENERATED_PDB imhex)
@@ -677,19 +676,20 @@ function(generatePDBs)
             set(GENERATED_PDB plugins/${PDB})
         endif ()
 
+        add_custom_target(${PDB}_pdb DEPENDS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${GENERATED_PDB}.pdb)
         add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${GENERATED_PDB}.pdb
-                WORKING_DIRECTORY ${cv2pdb_SOURCE_DIR}
+                WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
                 COMMAND
                 (
                     ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove -f ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${GENERATED_PDB}.pdb &&
-                    ${cv2pdb_SOURCE_DIR}/cv2pdb64.exe
-                    $<TARGET_FILE:${PDB}>
+                    ${cv2pdb_SOURCE_DIR}/cv2pdb64.exe $<TARGET_FILE:${PDB}> ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${GENERATED_PDB} &&
+                    ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove -f ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${GENERATED_PDB}
                 ) || (exit 0)
-                DEPENDS $<TARGET_FILE:${PDB}>
                 COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS)
 
-        target_sources(imhex_all PRIVATE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${GENERATED_PDB}.pdb)
         install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${GENERATED_PDB}.pdb DESTINATION ".")
+
+        add_dependencies(imhex_all ${PDB}_pdb)
     endforeach ()
 
 endfunction()