diff --git a/cmake.config/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake.config/CMakeLists.txt
index d30c522aa2..3171f9e88c 100644
--- a/cmake.config/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake.config/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -194,6 +194,6 @@ file(GENERATE
   INPUT "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake.config/auto/versiondef.h.gen")
 
 configure_file (
-  "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake.config/pathdef.c.in"
-  "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake.config/auto/pathdef.c"
+  "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake.config/pathdef.h.in"
+  "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake.config/auto/pathdef.h"
   ESCAPE_QUOTES)
diff --git a/cmake.config/pathdef.c.in b/cmake.config/pathdef.h.in
similarity index 75%
rename from cmake.config/pathdef.c.in
rename to cmake.config/pathdef.h.in
index 773fa1d592..bc09549fb7 100644
--- a/cmake.config/pathdef.c.in
+++ b/cmake.config/pathdef.h.in
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#include "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/nvim/vim_defs.h"
 char *default_vim_dir = "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DATAROOTDIR}/nvim";
 char *default_vimruntime_dir = "";
 char *default_lib_dir = "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}/nvim";
diff --git a/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt b/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
index 64bd40f5f0..d9cc695c55 100644
--- a/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ set(GENERATED_UI_EVENTS_CALL ${GENERATED_DIR}/ui_events_call.generated.h)
 set(GENERATED_UI_EVENTS_CLIENT ${GENERATED_DIR}/ui_events_client.generated.h)
 set(GENERATED_UI_EVENTS_REMOTE ${GENERATED_DIR}/ui_events_remote.generated.h)
 set(GENERATED_UNICODE_TABLES ${GENERATED_DIR}/unicode_tables.generated.h)
-set(LUA_API_C_BINDINGS ${GENERATED_DIR}/lua_api_c_bindings.generated.c)
+set(LUA_API_C_BINDINGS ${GENERATED_DIR}/lua_api_c_bindings.generated.h)
 set(VIM_MODULE_FILE ${GENERATED_DIR}/lua/vim_module.generated.h)
 
 # NVIM_RUNTIME_DIR
@@ -505,7 +505,6 @@ set(LUA_GEN_DEPS ${GENERATOR_PRELOAD} $<TARGET_FILE:nlua0>)
 
 # NVIM_GENERATED_FOR_HEADERS: generated headers to be included in headers
 # NVIM_GENERATED_FOR_SOURCES: generated headers to be included in sources
-# NVIM_GENERATED_SOURCES: generated source files
 # These lists must be mutually exclusive.
 foreach(sfile ${NVIM_SOURCES}
               ${GENERATED_API_DISPATCH}
@@ -620,10 +619,6 @@ add_custom_command(
   VERBATIM
 )
 
-list(APPEND NVIM_GENERATED_SOURCES
-  "${LUA_API_C_BINDINGS}"
-)
-
 add_custom_command(
   OUTPUT ${GENERATED_UI_EVENTS_CALL}
          ${GENERATED_UI_EVENTS_REMOTE}
@@ -657,10 +652,7 @@ list(APPEND NVIM_GENERATED_FOR_SOURCES
   "${GENERATED_OPTIONS_MAP}"
   "${GENERATED_UNICODE_TABLES}"
   "${VIM_MODULE_FILE}"
-)
-
-list(APPEND NVIM_GENERATED_SOURCES
-  "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake.config/auto/pathdef.c"
+  "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake.config/auto/pathdef.h"
 )
 
 add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${GENERATED_EX_CMDS_ENUM} ${GENERATED_EX_CMDS_DEFS}
@@ -709,7 +701,6 @@ endif()
 target_sources(main_lib INTERFACE
   ${NVIM_GENERATED_FOR_SOURCES}
   ${NVIM_GENERATED_FOR_HEADERS}
-  ${NVIM_GENERATED_SOURCES}
   ${NVIM_SOURCES}
   ${NVIM_HEADERS}
   ${EXTERNAL_SOURCES}
@@ -909,7 +900,6 @@ add_subdirectory(po)
 add_custom_target(generated-sources DEPENDS
   ${NVIM_GENERATED_FOR_HEADERS}
   ${NVIM_GENERATED_FOR_SOURCES}
-  ${NVIM_GENERATED_SOURCES}
 )
 
 file(GLOB API_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/nvim/api/*.c)
diff --git a/src/nvim/generators/gen_api_dispatch.lua b/src/nvim/generators/gen_api_dispatch.lua
index b0f169ea6f..8ad5858c12 100644
--- a/src/nvim/generators/gen_api_dispatch.lua
+++ b/src/nvim/generators/gen_api_dispatch.lua
@@ -716,23 +716,6 @@ end
 -- start building lua output
 output = assert(io.open(lua_c_bindings_outputf, 'wb'))
 
-output:write([[
-#include <lua.h>
-#include <lualib.h>
-#include <lauxlib.h>
-
-#include "nvim/ex_docmd.h"
-#include "nvim/ex_getln.h"
-#include "nvim/func_attr.h"
-#include "nvim/globals.h"
-#include "nvim/api/private/defs.h"
-#include "nvim/api/private/helpers.h"
-#include "nvim/api/private/dispatch.h"
-#include "nvim/lua/converter.h"
-#include "nvim/lua/executor.h"
-#include "nvim/memory.h"
-
-]])
 include_headers(output, headers)
 output:write('\n')
 
@@ -974,8 +957,6 @@ end
 
 output:write(string.format(
   [[
-void nlua_add_api_functions(lua_State *lstate)
-  REAL_FATTR_NONNULL_ALL;
 void nlua_add_api_functions(lua_State *lstate)
 {
   lua_createtable(lstate, 0, %u);
diff --git a/src/nvim/lua/api_wrappers.c b/src/nvim/lua/api_wrappers.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b7b0c6471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nvim/lua/api_wrappers.c
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#include <lauxlib.h>
+#include <lua.h>
+#include <lualib.h>
+
+#include "nvim/api/private/defs.h"
+#include "nvim/api/private/dispatch.h"
+#include "nvim/api/private/helpers.h"
+#include "nvim/ex_docmd.h"
+#include "nvim/ex_getln.h"
+#include "nvim/func_attr.h"
+#include "nvim/globals.h"
+#include "nvim/lua/converter.h"
+#include "nvim/lua/executor.h"
+#include "nvim/memory.h"
+
+#ifdef INCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS
+# include "lua_api_c_bindings.generated.h"
+#endif
diff --git a/src/nvim/lua/executor.h b/src/nvim/lua/executor.h
index ebcd62122f..299df2fdde 100644
--- a/src/nvim/lua/executor.h
+++ b/src/nvim/lua/executor.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "nvim/types_defs.h"
 #include "nvim/usercmd.h"  // IWYU pragma: keep
 
-// Generated by msgpack-gen.lua
+// Generated by generators/gen_api_dispatch.lua
 void nlua_add_api_functions(lua_State *lstate) REAL_FATTR_NONNULL_ALL;
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/env.c b/src/nvim/os/env.c
index ed55f4f0eb..fbc3a243a6 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/env.c
+++ b/src/nvim/os/env.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef INCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS
+# include "auto/pathdef.h"
 # include "os/env.c.generated.h"
 #endif