diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bb47235da..ff4aa90da 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ else
 endif
 
 atk_bridge_dep = dependency('atk-bridge-2.0')
-canberra_dep = dependency('libcanberra')
-canberra_gtk_dep = dependency('libcanberra-gtk3')
 ecal_dep = dependency('libecal-1.2', version: ecal_req)
 eds_dep = dependency('libedataserver-1.2', version: eds_req)
 gcr_dep = dependency('gcr-base-3', version: gcr_req)
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 4607581f5..b56ee357f 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ gnome_shell_deps = [
   cogl_pango_dep,
   startup_dep,
   gi_dep,
-  canberra_dep, canberra_gtk_dep,
   polkit_dep,
   gcr_dep,
   libsystemd_dep
diff --git a/tools/build/gnome-shell-build-setup.sh b/tools/build/gnome-shell-build-setup.sh
index f75d44d9a..59637e4a5 100755
--- a/tools/build/gnome-shell-build-setup.sh
+++ b/tools/build/gnome-shell-build-setup.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ libacl: f:libacl-devel d:libacl1-dev # gudev
 libcurl: f:libcurl-devel # liboauth. See below for Debian
 libffi: fs:libffi-devel d:libffi-dev # gobject-introspection
 libsystemd-login: fs:systemd-devel # gnome-session gnome-settings-daemon polkit PackageKit
-libtool-ltdl: f:libtool-ltdl-devel d:libltdl-dev # libcanberra
 libusb: f:libusb1-devel d:libusb-1.0-0-dev # upower
 openssl: f:openssl-devel d:libssl-dev # liboauth
 pam: f:pam-devel d:libpam-dev # polkit
@@ -115,7 +114,6 @@ sane: f:sane-backends-devel d:libsane-dev # colord
 sqlite: d:libsqlite3-dev f:sqlite-devel # libsoup
 udev: f:libudev-devel d:libudev-dev # gudev
 uuid: f:libuuid-devel d:uuid-dev # Networkmanager
-vorbis: f:libvorbis-devel d:libvorbis-dev # libcanberra
 wireless-tools: f:wireless-tools-devel d:libiw-dev s:libiw-devel # NetworkManager
 
 # python libraries used by gnome-shell wrapper script