diff --git a/src/cook/cook_build.rs b/src/cook/cook_build.rs
index 5468451a3..e6fdf524d 100644
--- a/src/cook/cook_build.rs
+++ b/src/cook/cook_build.rs
@@ -518,9 +518,20 @@ fn build_deps_dir(
         let sysroot_modified = modified_dir(&tags_dir).unwrap_or(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH);
         if sysroot_modified < source_modified
             || sysroot_modified < deps_modified
-            || dep_pkgars
-                .iter()
-                .any(|(pkg, _)| !tags_dir.join(pkg.as_str()).is_file())
+            || !check_files_present(
+                &tags_dir,
+                &dep_pkgars
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|(name, _)| {
+                        // TODO: without_host should just return as_str
+                        if name.is_host() {
+                            &name.as_str()["host:".len()..]
+                        } else {
+                            name.as_str()
+                        }
+                    })
+                    .collect(),
+            )?
         {
             log_to_pty!(logger, "DEBUG: updating '{}'", deps_dir.display());
             remove_all(deps_dir)?;
diff --git a/src/cook/fs.rs b/src/cook/fs.rs
index a75c8bdab..3d81d77de 100644
--- a/src/cook/fs.rs
+++ b/src/cook/fs.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::{
+    collections::BTreeSet,
     fs,
     io::{self, Write},
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
@@ -189,6 +190,32 @@ pub fn modified_dir_ignore_git(dir: &Path) -> Result<SystemTime, String> {
     })
 }
 
+pub fn check_files_present(dir: &Path, expected_files: &BTreeSet<&str>) -> Result<bool, String> {
+    let entries = fs::read_dir(dir)
+        .map_err(|err| format!("failed to get list files of '{}': {:?}", dir.display(), err))?;
+
+    let mut matches = 0;
+    for entry_res in entries {
+        let entry = entry_res
+            .map_err(|err| format!("failed to get file entry of '{}': {:?}", dir.display(), err))?;
+
+        let filename = entry.file_name();
+        let Some(filename) = filename.to_str() else {
+            continue;
+        };
+
+        if expected_files.contains(&filename) {
+            matches += 1
+        } else if filename.starts_with('.') {
+            continue;
+        } else {
+            return Ok(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(matches == expected_files.len())
+}
+
 pub fn rename(src: &Path, dst: &Path) -> Result<(), String> {
     fs::rename(src, dst).map_err(|err| {
         format!(