diff --git a/libweston/launcher-libseat.c b/libweston/launcher-libseat.c
index 1b984c22..dbe736cf 100644
--- a/libweston/launcher-libseat.c
+++ b/libweston/launcher-libseat.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 
 #include <libseat.h>
 
-#include <libweston/dbus.h>
 #include <libweston/libweston.h>
 #include <libweston/weston-log.h>
 #include "weston-log-internal.h"
diff --git a/libweston/meson.build b/libweston/meson.build
index dc24eebe..28758130 100644
--- a/libweston/meson.build
+++ b/libweston/meson.build
@@ -198,17 +198,12 @@ if get_option('deprecated-launcher-logind')
 	warning('deprecated-launcher-logind is enabled. This will go away, see https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/weston/-/issues/488')
 endif
 if get_option('launcher-libseat')
-	if not get_option('dbus')
-		error('dbus support is required for launcher-libseat')
-	endif
-
 	libseat_dep = dependency('libseat', version: '>= 0.4')
 	config_h.set('HAVE_LIBSEAT', '1')
 	srcs_session_helper += [
 		'launcher-libseat.c',
 	]
 	deps_session_helper += [
-		dep_dbus,
 		libseat_dep,
 	]
 endif