diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9d2322971f33735e289aff57c7ddd71b860f017b..35025c615e71dce5be66caf643af2d3a8320b8a1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ project( 'lektor'
        )
 
 libdl   = meson.get_compiler('c').find_library('dl')
-librt   = meson.get_compiler('c').find_library('rt')
 dep_x11 = dependency('x11',  required: false)
 dep_mpv = dependency('mpv',  required: false)
 dep_sdl = dependency('sdl2', required: false)
@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@ core_deps = [ dependency('sqlite3', version: '>= 3.31.0')
             , dependency('libcurl', required: true)
             , dependency('json-c',  required: true)
             , dependency('threads', required: true)
-            , librt
             , libdl
             ]