diff --git a/spa/plugins/audioconvert/meson.build b/spa/plugins/audioconvert/meson.build
index 160561d9c..d84699242 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/audioconvert/meson.build
+++ b/spa/plugins/audioconvert/meson.build
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ audioconvert_c = static_library('audioconvert_c',
     'resample-native-c.c',
     'resample-peaks-c.c',
     'fmt-ops-c.c' ],
-  c_args : [sse_args, '-Ofast', '-ffast-math'],
+  c_args : ['-Ofast', '-ffast-math'],
   dependencies : [ spa_dep ],
   install : false
   )