diff --git a/.github/workflows/branch-man.yml b/.github/workflows/branch-man.yml
index c7e3df4b..c154d36c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/branch-man.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/branch-man.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build man pages
         run: |
-            python3 -m hatchling build --hooks-only
+            python3 -m hatchling build -t sdist --hooks-only
             make -C doc locale
             git commit -a -m "Update doc translation catalogs"
             make -C doc man
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index ab84869b..39dc7aeb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-            python -m hatchling build --hooks-only
+            python -m hatchling build -t sdist --hooks-only
             python -m tox -e py
 
       - name: Report to coveralls
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build
         run: |
-          python3 -m hatchling build --hooks-only
+          python3 -m hatchling build -t sdist --hooks-only
           make -C doc code
           make -C doc html
           make -C doc locale
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-pages.yml
index 61191435..0ed6d2c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-pages.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build
         run: |
-            python3 -m hatchling build --hooks-only
+            python3 -m hatchling build -t sdist --hooks-only
             make -C doc code
             make -C doc html
 
diff --git a/doc/documentation.md b/doc/documentation.md
index 0050d32b..d21ec788 100644
--- a/doc/documentation.md
+++ b/doc/documentation.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Configuration
 Before building either man pages or HTML, generate ``linkcheck/_release.py``
 containing copyright, author and version with:
 
-``hatchling build --hooks-only``
+``hatchling build -t sdist --hooks-only``
 
 
 Man Pages
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 781a07ef..1ab34d73 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ exclude = [
     ".gitattributes",
 ]
 
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.custom]
+path = "tools/hatch_build.py"
+
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
 strict-naming = false
 
-[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist.hooks.custom]
-path = "tools/hatch_build.py"
-
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 only-include = ["linkcheck"]
 strict-naming = false