diff --git a/libxfce4util/meson.build b/libxfce4util/meson.build
index 0516a8535bf97247eed8632758b6ad2814e4252c..492b0043556dbd0365b91c52b6d75a62bf8c6e0f 100644
--- a/libxfce4util/meson.build
+++ b/libxfce4util/meson.build
@@ -122,9 +122,6 @@ pkgconfig.generate(
   name: libxfce4util_pkgname,
   filebase: libxfce4util_pkgname,
   description: 'Utility library for the Xfce 4 desktop environment',
-  requires: [
-    'glib-2.0',
-  ],
   subdirs: [
     'xfce4',
   ],