diff --git a/libipmid-host/meson.build b/libipmid-host/meson.build
index b3a310a..e646b13 100644
--- a/libipmid-host/meson.build
+++ b/libipmid-host/meson.build
@@ -2,15 +2,10 @@
   sdbusplus_dep,
 ]
 
-libipmid_host = library(
+library(
   'ipmid-host',
   dependencies: ipmid_pre,
   version: meson.project_version(),
   include_directories: root_inc,
   install: true,
   install_dir: get_option('libdir'))
-
-ipmid_host_dep = declare_dependency(
-  dependencies: ipmid_pre,
-  include_directories: root_inc,
-  link_with: libipmid_host)