diff --git a/gui-libs/gtk/gtk-4.18.5.ebuild b/gui-libs/gtk/gtk-4.18.5.ebuild
index 76bb806b98ef0..006d8883cafae 100644
--- a/gui-libs/gtk/gtk-4.18.5.ebuild
+++ b/gui-libs/gtk/gtk-4.18.5.ebuild
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ PDEPEND="
 	>=x11-themes/adwaita-icon-theme-3.14
 "
 BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-build/meson-1.2.0
 	dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common
 	introspection? (
 		${PYTHON_DEPS}