diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 8f301ca..84c2f82 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -1,21 +1,6 @@
-phosphor_logging_dep = dependency('phosphor-logging')
-
 src_includes = include_directories('.')
 
-fmt_dep = dependency('fmt', required: false)
-if not fmt_dep.found()
-  fmt_opts = import('cmake').subproject_options()
-  fmt_opts.add_cmake_defines({
-    'CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE': 'ON',
-    'MASTER_PROJECT': 'OFF',
-  })
-  fmt_proj = import('cmake').subproject(
-    'fmt',
-    options: fmt_opts,
-    required: false)
-  assert(fmt_proj.found(), 'fmtlib is required')
-  fmt_dep = fmt_proj.dependency('fmt')
-endif
+stdplus_dep = dependency('stdplus')
 
 executable(
   'ncsi-netlink',
@@ -25,9 +10,9 @@
   implicit_include_directories: false,
   include_directories: src_includes,
   dependencies: [
-    fmt_dep,
     dependency('libnl-3.0'),
     dependency('libnl-genl-3.0'),
+    stdplus_dep,
   ],
   install: true,
   install_dir: get_option('bindir'))
@@ -48,11 +33,11 @@
 networkd_deps = [
   json_dep,
   phosphor_dbus_interfaces_dep,
-  phosphor_logging_dep,
+  dependency('phosphor-logging'),
   networkd_dbus_dep,
   sdbusplus_dep,
   dependency('sdeventplus'),
-  dependency('stdplus'),
+  stdplus_dep,
 ]
 
 conf_header = configure_file(