diff --git a/deploy.tpl b/deploy.tpl
index aad7c6f..90d219f 100644
--- a/deploy.tpl
+++ b/deploy.tpl
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ main() {
   cp --force "$make" "$dst/make"
   cp --force --no-preserve=all "$config" "$dst/config.mk"
 
+  if [[ "$make" == *synth* || "$make" == *canonicalize* ]]; then
+    "$dst/make" yosys-dependencies
+  fi
+
   exit $?
 }
 
-main --genfiles "${GENFILES}" --make "${MAKE}" --config "${CONFIG}" "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
+main --genfiles "${GENFILES}" --make "${MAKE}" --config "${CONFIG}" "$@"
diff --git a/openroad.bzl b/openroad.bzl
index 5bdea0d..950a2f6 100644
--- a/openroad.bzl
+++ b/openroad.bzl
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ def _yosys_impl(ctx, canonicalize, log_names = [], report_names = []):
     ctx.actions.expand_template(
         template = ctx.file._make_template,
         output = make,
-        substitutions = flow_substitutions(ctx) | yosys_substitutions(ctx) | {'"$@"': 'WORK_HOME="./{}" DESIGN_CONFIG="config.mk" {} "$@"'.format(ctx.label.package, "yosys-dependencies" if not canonicalize else "")},
+        substitutions = flow_substitutions(ctx) | yosys_substitutions(ctx) | {'"$@"': 'WORK_HOME="./{}" DESIGN_CONFIG="config.mk" "$@"'.format(ctx.label.package)},
     )
 
     exe = ctx.actions.declare_file(ctx.attr.name + ".sh")