diff --git a/attn/meson.build b/attn/meson.build
index 6a0bcc2..92254db 100644
--- a/attn/meson.build
+++ b/attn/meson.build
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
 # dependency to link libpdbg support
 libpdbg = cmplr.find_library('pdbg')
 
-# libpdbg requires linking with "whole-archive" option
-whole_archive = declare_dependency(link_args : '-Wl,--whole-archive')
-no_whole_archive = declare_dependency(link_args : '-Wl,--no-whole-archive')
-
 # install systemd unit file
 configure_file(
     input: 'attn_handler.service',
@@ -46,7 +42,6 @@
 attn = static_library('attn_handler',
                       attn_src,
                       include_directories : incdir,
-                      dependencies : [whole_archive, libpdbg,
-                                      no_whole_archive, sdbusplus, libgpiod],
+                      dependencies : [libpdbg, sdbusplus, libgpiod],
                       cpp_args : boost_args,
                       install : true)