diff --git a/block/meson.build b/block/meson.build
index 158dc3b89d..f1262ec2ba 100644
--- a/block/meson.build
+++ b/block/meson.build
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ block_ss.add(files(
   'throttle.c',
   'throttle-groups.c',
   'write-threshold.c',
-), zstd, zlib, gnutls)
+), zstd, zlib)
 
 system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_TCG', if_true: files('blkreplay.c'))
 system_ss.add(files('block-ram-registrar.c'))
diff --git a/io/meson.build b/io/meson.build
index 283b9b2bdb..1164812f91 100644
--- a/io/meson.build
+++ b/io/meson.build
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ io_ss.add(files(
   'dns-resolver.c',
   'net-listener.c',
   'task.c',
-), gnutls)
+))
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0c314ae570..429899d860 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3526,7 +3526,7 @@ if have_block
     'blockdev-nbd.c',
     'iothread.c',
     'job-qmp.c',
-  ), gnutls)
+  ))
 
   # os-posix.c contains POSIX-specific functions used by qemu-storage-daemon,
   # os-win32.c does not
@@ -4044,7 +4044,7 @@ if have_tools
              dependencies: [block, qemuutil], install: true)
   qemu_nbd = executable('qemu-nbd', files('qemu-nbd.c'),
                link_args: '@block.syms', link_depends: block_syms,
-               dependencies: [blockdev, qemuutil, gnutls, selinux],
+               dependencies: [blockdev, qemuutil, selinux],
                install: true)
 
   subdir('storage-daemon')
diff --git a/storage-daemon/meson.build b/storage-daemon/meson.build
index fd5e32f4b2..5e61a9d1bd 100644
--- a/storage-daemon/meson.build
+++ b/storage-daemon/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 qsd_ss = ss.source_set()
 qsd_ss.add(files('qemu-storage-daemon.c'))
-qsd_ss.add(blockdev, chardev, qmp, qom, qemuutil, gnutls)
+qsd_ss.add(blockdev, chardev, qmp, qom, qemuutil)
 
 subdir('qapi')
 
diff --git a/ui/meson.build b/ui/meson.build
index cfbf29428d..28c7381dd1 100644
--- a/ui/meson.build
+++ b/ui/meson.build
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ vnc_ss.add(files(
   'vnc-jobs.c',
   'vnc-clipboard.c',
 ))
-vnc_ss.add(zlib, jpeg, gnutls)
+vnc_ss.add(zlib, jpeg)
 vnc_ss.add(when: sasl, if_true: files('vnc-auth-sasl.c'))
 system_ss.add_all(when: [vnc, pixman], if_true: vnc_ss)
 system_ss.add(when: vnc, if_false: files('vnc-stubs.c'))