diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 05c13e947f..108e3d46b0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -615,7 +615,6 @@ foreach ident : [
                                  #include <keyutils.h>'''],
         ['bpf',               '''#include <sys/syscall.h>
                                  #include <unistd.h>'''],
-        ['explicit_bzero' ,   '''#include <string.h>'''],
         ['reallocarray',      '''#include <stdlib.h>'''],
         ['set_mempolicy',     '''#include <stdlib.h>
                                  #include <unistd.h>'''],
diff --git a/src/fundamental/memory-util-fundamental.h b/src/fundamental/memory-util-fundamental.h
index 6870f54f58..6c3aac34a2 100644
--- a/src/fundamental/memory-util-fundamental.h
+++ b/src/fundamental/memory-util-fundamental.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
                 _l_ > 0 ? memset((x), 0, _l_) : (x);            \
         })
 
-#if !SD_BOOT && HAVE_EXPLICIT_BZERO
+#if !SD_BOOT
 static inline void *explicit_bzero_safe(void *p, size_t l) {
         if (p && l > 0)
                 explicit_bzero(p, l);