diff --git a/example/meson.build b/example/meson.build
index ea04ff5..fdab8f0 100644
--- a/example/meson.build
+++ b/example/meson.build
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 
 foreach example : examples
   executable(example, example + '.cpp',
-             include_directories: includes,
              implicit_include_directories: false,
-             link_with: sdeventplus,
-             dependencies: stdplus)
+             dependencies: sdeventplus)
 endforeach