diff --git a/man/rules/meson.build b/man/rules/meson.build
index 3265db9c2d..106b80f314 100644
--- a/man/rules/meson.build
+++ b/man/rules/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #     ninja -C build update-man-rules
 manpages = [
 ['binfmt.d', '5', [], 'ENABLE_BINFMT'],
- ['bootctl', '1', [], 'ENABLE_BOOTLOADER'],
+ ['bootctl', '1', [], ''],
  ['bootup', '7', [], ''],
  ['busctl', '1', [], ''],
  ['coredump.conf', '5', ['coredump.conf.d'], 'ENABLE_COREDUMP'],
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ manpages = [
    'systemd-makefs',
    'systemd-mkswap@.service'],
   ''],
- ['systemd-measure', '1', [], 'ENABLE_BOOTLOADER'],
+ ['systemd-measure', '1', [], ''],
  ['systemd-modules-load.service', '8', ['systemd-modules-load'], 'HAVE_KMOD'],
  ['systemd-mount', '1', ['systemd-umount'], ''],
  ['systemd-network-generator.service', '8', ['systemd-network-generator'], ''],
diff --git a/shell-completion/bash/meson.build b/shell-completion/bash/meson.build
index 24cb785e6b..1588b538d8 100644
--- a/shell-completion/bash/meson.build
+++ b/shell-completion/bash/meson.build
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ items = [['busctl',              ''],
          ['systemd-path',        ''],
          ['systemd-run',         ''],
          ['udevadm',             ''],
-         ['bootctl',             'ENABLE_BOOTLOADER'],
+         ['bootctl',             ''],
          ['coredumpctl',         'ENABLE_COREDUMP'],
          ['homectl',             'ENABLE_HOMED'],
          ['hostnamectl',         'ENABLE_HOSTNAMED'],
diff --git a/shell-completion/zsh/meson.build b/shell-completion/zsh/meson.build
index 6703204ec2..ebe79f3985 100644
--- a/shell-completion/zsh/meson.build
+++ b/shell-completion/zsh/meson.build
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ items = [['_busctl',                   ''],
          ['_sd_outputmodes',           ''],
          ['_sd_unit_files',            ''],
          ['_sd_machines',              ''],
-         ['_bootctl',                  'ENABLE_BOOTLOADER'],
+         ['_bootctl',                  ''],
          ['_coredumpctl',              'ENABLE_COREDUMP'],
          ['_hostnamectl',              'ENABLE_HOSTNAMED'],
          ['_localectl',                'ENABLE_LOCALED'],
diff --git a/src/boot/meson.build b/src/boot/meson.build
index 43ff3a5982..55b9bd6294 100644
--- a/src/boot/meson.build
+++ b/src/boot/meson.build
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ executables += [
                 'public' : true,
                 'conditions' : [
                           'HAVE_BLKID',
-                          'ENABLE_BOOTLOADER',
                 ],
                 'sources' : bootctl_sources,
                 'link_with' : boot_link_with,
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ executables += [
                 'name' : 'systemd-measure',
                 'conditions' : [
                         'HAVE_BLKID',
-                        'ENABLE_BOOTLOADER',
                         'HAVE_OPENSSL',
                         'HAVE_TPM2',
                 ],
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index 5579c293a5..b47fa612b1 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ endif
 
 ############################################################
 
-if want_tests != 'false' and conf.get('HAVE_BLKID') == 1 and conf.get('ENABLE_BOOTLOADER') == 1
+if want_tests != 'false' and conf.get('HAVE_BLKID') == 1
         test_bootctl_json_sh = find_program('test-bootctl-json.sh')
         exe = executables_by_name.get('bootctl')
         test('test-bootctl-json',