diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4bd4c3f..f682ca4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@
         phosphor_dbus_interfaces,
         phosphor_logging,
         sdbusplus,
-        dependency('systemd'),
         dependency('threads'),
         dependency('tinyxml2', default_options: ['tests=false']),
     ],