diff --git a/docs/gst_plugins_cache.json b/docs/gst_plugins_cache.json
index accbe9c3fe..5ab349fc0a 100644
--- a/docs/gst_plugins_cache.json
+++ b/docs/gst_plugins_cache.json
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
                 "rank": "secondary"
             }
         },
-        "filename": "libgsta52dec.so",
+        "filename": "gsta52dec",
         "license": "GPL",
         "package": "GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins git",
         "source": "gst-plugins-ugly",
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@
                 "rank": "secondary"
             }
         },
-        "filename": "libgstasf.so",
+        "filename": "gstasf",
         "license": "LGPL",
         "package": "GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins git",
         "source": "gst-plugins-ugly",
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@
                 "rank": "secondary - 1"
             }
         },
-        "filename": "libgstcdio.so",
+        "filename": "gstcdio",
         "license": "GPL",
         "package": "GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins git",
         "source": "gst-plugins-ugly",
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@
                 "rank": "primary"
             }
         },
-        "filename": "libgstdvdlpcmdec.so",
+        "filename": "gstdvdlpcmdec",
         "license": "LGPL",
         "package": "GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins git",
         "source": "gst-plugins-ugly",
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@
                 "rank": "none"
             }
         },
-        "filename": "libgstdvdread.so",
+        "filename": "gstdvdread",
         "license": "GPL",
         "package": "GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins git",
         "source": "gst-plugins-ugly",
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@
                 "rank": "none"
             }
         },
-        "filename": "libgstdvdsub.so",
+        "filename": "gstdvdsub",
         "license": "LGPL",
         "package": "GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins git",
         "source": "gst-plugins-ugly",
@@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@
                 "rank": "marginal"
             }
         },
-        "filename": "libgstrealmedia.so",
+        "filename": "gstrealmedia",
         "license": "LGPL",
         "package": "GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins git",
         "source": "gst-plugins-ugly",
@@ -2378,7 +2378,7 @@
                 "rank": "primary"
             }
         },
-        "filename": "libgstx264.so",
+        "filename": "gstx264",
         "license": "GPL",
         "package": "GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins git",
         "source": "gst-plugins-ugly",
@@ -2433,7 +2433,7 @@
                 "rank": "marginal"
             }
         },
-        "filename": "libgstxingmux.so",
+        "filename": "gstxingmux",
         "license": "LGPL",
         "package": "GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins git",
         "source": "gst-plugins-ugly",
diff --git a/docs/meson.build b/docs/meson.build
index 7f1a95f4b6..842ed72818 100644
--- a/docs/meson.build
+++ b/docs/meson.build
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ endif
 
 if plugins_cache_generator.found()
     plugins_doc_dep = custom_target('ugly-plugins-doc-cache',
-        build_by_default: true,
         command: [plugins_cache_generator, plugins_cache, '@OUTPUT@', '@INPUT@'],
         input: plugins,
         output: 'gst_plugins_cache.json',
@@ -86,4 +85,4 @@ foreach plugin_name: list_plugin_res.stdout().split(':')
         gst_cache_file: plugins_cache,
         gst_plugin_name: plugin_name,
     )]
-endforeach
\ No newline at end of file
+endforeach