diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b4066e04f8..7fb845622d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -659,10 +659,6 @@ foreach prog : progs
         conf.set_quoted(name, path)
 endforeach
 
-if run_command(ln, '--relative', '--help', check : false).returncode() != 0
-        error('ln does not support --relative (added in coreutils 8.16)')
-endif
-
 #####################################################################
 
 gperf_test_format = '''