diff --git a/src/core/meson.build b/src/core/meson.build
index 1e701a90f2..c561f04a55 100644
--- a/src/core/meson.build
+++ b/src/core/meson.build
@@ -131,8 +131,7 @@ libcore_static = static_library(
         include_directories : [includes, include_directories('.')],
         implicit_include_directories : false,
         c_args : ['-fvisibility=default'],
-        dependencies : [libacl,
-                        libaudit_cflags,
+        dependencies : [libaudit_cflags,
                         libblkid,
                         libdl,
                         libm,
diff --git a/src/coredump/meson.build b/src/coredump/meson.build
index 1896d22c25..27b2bbcec1 100644
--- a/src/coredump/meson.build
+++ b/src/coredump/meson.build
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ executables += [
                 'sources' : systemd_coredump_sources + systemd_coredump_extract_sources,
                 'extract' : systemd_coredump_extract_sources,
                 'link_with' : [libshared],
-                'dependencies' : common_dependencies + [libacl],
+                'dependencies' : common_dependencies,
         },
         executable_template + {
                 'name' : 'coredumpctl',
diff --git a/src/login/meson.build b/src/login/meson.build
index 954b7e1f3a..0ad9beb167 100644
--- a/src/login/meson.build
+++ b/src/login/meson.build
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ executables += [
                 'include_directories' : [libexec_template['include_directories'], include_directories('.')],
                 'extract' : systemd_logind_extract_sources,
                 'dependencies' : [
-                        libacl,
                         threads,
                 ],
         },
diff --git a/src/pstore/meson.build b/src/pstore/meson.build
index 31670c6274..d6bb925789 100644
--- a/src/pstore/meson.build
+++ b/src/pstore/meson.build
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ executables += [
                 'name' : 'systemd-pstore',
                 'sources' : files('pstore.c'),
                 'dependencies' : [
-                        libacl,
                         liblz4_cflags,
                         libxz_cflags,
                         libzstd_cflags,
diff --git a/src/test/meson.build b/src/test/meson.build
index 2a4d77a8ef..a966fc4ab1 100644
--- a/src/test/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/meson.build
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ executables += [
         },
         test_template + {
                 'sources' : files('test-shift-uid.c'),
-                'dependencies' : libacl,
                 'type' : 'manual',
         },
         test_template + {