diff --git a/src/udev/meson.build b/src/udev/meson.build
index 40716bb27d..e0cd47f80b 100644
--- a/src/udev/meson.build
+++ b/src/udev/meson.build
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ libudevd_core = static_library(
 udev_dependencies = [
         libacl,
         libblkid,
-        libidn,
         libkmod,
         threads,
 ]