diff --git a/bindings/js/Makefile b/bindings/js/Makefile
index 4514b16ae..70fb8e4a7 100644
--- a/bindings/js/Makefile
+++ b/bindings/js/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ all: build
 
 # called by node-gyp for build-from-source
 compile:
+	go mod init github.com/tdewolff/minify/bindings/py
+	go mod tidy
 	go build -buildmode=c-archive -o minify.a minify.go
 
 build:
diff --git a/bindings/py/Makefile b/bindings/py/Makefile
index d76bbacfe..171ee5f16 100644
--- a/bindings/py/Makefile
+++ b/bindings/py/Makefile
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ compile:
 	go build -buildmode=c-shared -o src/minify/minify.so
 
 build: compile
-	go mod init github.com/tdewolff/minify/bindings/py
-	go mod tidy
 	python -m build --sdist
 
 publish: clean build