diff --git a/spa/meson.build b/spa/meson.build
index d190b9b2a..b5294bf36 100644
--- a/spa/meson.build
+++ b/spa/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 
 alsa_dep = dependency('alsa')
-v4l2_dep = dependency('libv4l2')
 x11_dep = dependency('x11', required : false)
 sdl_dep = dependency('sdl2', required : false)
 avcodec_dep = dependency('libavcodec', required : false)
diff --git a/spa/plugins/v4l2/meson.build b/spa/plugins/v4l2/meson.build
index 847adbcdc..e4552b02a 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/v4l2/meson.build
+++ b/spa/plugins/v4l2/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ 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')))