diff --git a/dev-libs/libxmlb/libxmlb-0.1.4.ebuild b/dev-libs/libxmlb/libxmlb-0.1.4.ebuild
index d066a42aaef1a..0a8c30cb09e3e 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxmlb/libxmlb-0.1.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libxmlb/libxmlb-0.1.4.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
+MESON_AUTO_DEPEND="no"
 inherit meson
 
 DESCRIPTION="Library to help create and query binary XML blobs"