diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c8703c1..7ba474c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
         command: [validate_script, '-v', '-k'],
         depend_files: files(filepaths),
         build_by_default: true,
-        capture: true,
         output: 'validate_configs.log',
     )
 endif