diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/listdirectives.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/listdirectives.pm
index bd73f1a04..96150f986 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/listdirectives.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/listdirectives.pm
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ sub preprocess (@) {
 	foreach my $plugin (@pluginlist) {
 		$result .= '<li class="listdirectives">';
 		my $link=linkpage($config{directive_description_dir}."/".$plugin);
-		add_depends($params{page}, $link);
+		add_depends($params{page}, $link, content => 0);
 		$result .= htmllink($params{page}, $params{destpage}, $link);
 		$result .= '</li>';
 	}