diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
index 24900c562..8b633bf83 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
@@ -767,8 +767,5 @@ void cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::WriteTargetRebuildManifest(std::ostream& os)
   WritePhonyBuild(os,
                   "A missing CMake input file is not an error.",
                   implicitDeps,
-                  cmNinjaDeps(),
-                  cmNinjaDeps(),
-                  cmNinjaDeps(),
-                  cmNinjaVars());
+                  cmNinjaDeps());
 }
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaUtilityTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaUtilityTargetGenerator.cxx
index 0a15834ce..bfe6f0795 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaUtilityTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaUtilityTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -88,10 +88,7 @@ void cmNinjaUtilityTargetGenerator::Generate()
     cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::WritePhonyBuild(this->GetBuildFileStream(),
                                             "",
                                             outputs,
-                                            cmNinjaDeps(1, utilCommandName),
-                                            cmNinjaDeps(),
-                                            cmNinjaDeps(),
-                                            cmNinjaVars());
+                                            cmNinjaDeps(1, utilCommandName));
   }
 
   this->GetGlobalGenerator()->AddTargetAlias(this->GetTargetName(),