diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 2371941c..ce8be358 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -32,11 +32,7 @@ check() {
 
 package_foot() {
   pkgdesc="A wayland native terminal emulator"
-  depends=(
-    'libxkbcommon'
-    'wayland'
-    'freetype2' 'fontconfig' 'pixman'
-    'tllist' 'fcft')
+  depends=('libxkbcommon' 'wayland' 'pixman' 'tllist' 'fcft')
   optdepends=('foot-terminfo: terminfo for foot')
 
   DESTDIR="${pkgdir}/" ninja install
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 02579e39..1f67599b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
 math = cc.find_library('m')
 
 threads = dependency('threads')
-freetype = dependency('freetype2')
-fontconfig = dependency('fontconfig')
 pixman = dependency('pixman-1')
 wayland_protocols = dependency('wayland-protocols')
 wayland_client = dependency('wayland-client')
@@ -100,7 +98,7 @@ executable(
   'vt.c', 'vt.h',
   'wayland.c', 'wayland.h',
   wl_proto_src + wl_proto_headers, version,
-  dependencies: [threads, math, freetype, fontconfig, pixman, wayland_client, wayland_cursor, xkb,
+  dependencies: [threads, math, pixman, wayland_client, wayland_cursor, xkb,
                 tllist, fcft],
   install: true)