diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 14b9616f92..c2916d5fb9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ endif
 features += {'ta-leak-report': get_option('ta-leak-report')}
 
 libdl_dep = cc.find_library('dl', required: false)
-features += {'libdl': libdl_dep.found() and cc.has_function('dlopen', dependencies: libdl_dep, prefix: '#include <dlfcn.h>')}
+features += {'libdl': cc.has_function('dlopen', dependencies: libdl_dep, prefix: '#include <dlfcn.h>')}
 if features['libdl']
     dependencies += libdl_dep
 endif