diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d820be416c..e096992088 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2981,7 +2981,6 @@ if spatch.found()
                 'src/core/',
                 'src/import/',
                 'src/journal/',
-                'src/libc/',
                 'src/libsystemd/',
                 'src/libsystemd-network/',
                 'src/network/',
@@ -2989,6 +2988,9 @@ if spatch.found()
                 'src/nss-systemd/',
                 'src/resolve/',
                 'src/shared/',
+                # libc/ has no assert() or systemd-headers so leave it
+                'src/libc/',
+                # test/ has some deliberate wonky pointers, just leave excluded
                 'src/test/',
         ]