diff --git a/spa/meson.build b/spa/meson.build
index 01040122d..47a071e23 100644
--- a/spa/meson.build
+++ b/spa/meson.build
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ if get_option('spa-plugins')
     avcodec_dep = dependency('libavcodec')
     avformat_dep = dependency('libavformat')
   endif
-  if get_option('v4l2')
-    v4l2_dep = dependency('libv4l2')
-  endif
 
   subdir('plugins')
 endif
diff --git a/spa/plugins/v4l2/meson.build b/spa/plugins/v4l2/meson.build
index 52525eaeb..c80488d7f 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/v4l2/meson.build
+++ b/spa/plugins/v4l2/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ v4l2_sources = ['v4l2.c',
 v4l2lib = shared_library('spa-v4l2',
                           v4l2_sources,
                           include_directories : [ spa_inc ],
-                          dependencies : [ v4l2_dep, libudev_dep ],
+                          dependencies : [ libudev_dep ],
                           install : true,
                           install_dir : '@0@/spa/v4l2'.format(get_option('libdir')))