diff --git a/clutter/meson.build b/clutter/meson.build
index 828c998d4..9a31ad7f3 100644
--- a/clutter/meson.build
+++ b/clutter/meson.build
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ clutter_c_args += clutter_debug_c_args
 
 clutter_pkg_deps = [
   atk_dep,
-  cairo_gobject_dep,
   glib_dep,
   gobject_dep,
   gio_dep,
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d54bd4e72..b780d16c0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ graphene_dep = dependency('graphene-gobject-1.0', version: graphene_req)
 gdk_pixbuf_dep = dependency('gdk-pixbuf-2.0', version: gdk_pixbuf_req)
 pango_dep = dependency('pango', version: pango_req)
 cairo_dep = dependency('cairo', version: cairo_req)
-cairo_gobject_dep = dependency('cairo-gobject', version: cairo_req)
 pangocairo_dep = dependency('pangocairo', version: pangocairo_req)
 pixman_dep = dependency('pixman-1', version: pixman_req)
 fribidi_dep = dependency('fribidi', version: fribidi_req)