diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3885fc1076..d9ac91ff36 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -589,12 +589,6 @@ endif
 
 cocoa = dependency('appleframeworks', modules: ['Cocoa', 'CoreVideo'],
                    required: get_option('cocoa'))
-if cocoa.found() and get_option('sdl').enabled()
-  error('Cocoa and SDL cannot be enabled at the same time')
-endif
-if cocoa.found() and get_option('gtk').enabled()
-  error('Cocoa and GTK+ cannot be enabled at the same time')
-endif
 
 vmnet = dependency('appleframeworks', modules: 'vmnet', required: get_option('vmnet'))
 if vmnet.found() and not cc.has_header_symbol('vmnet/vmnet.h',
@@ -921,7 +915,7 @@ if not get_option('brlapi').auto() or have_system
 endif
 
 sdl = not_found
-if not get_option('sdl').auto() or (have_system and not cocoa.found())
+if not get_option('sdl').auto() or have_system
   sdl = dependency('sdl2', required: get_option('sdl'), kwargs: static_kwargs)
   sdl_image = not_found
 endif
@@ -1187,7 +1181,7 @@ endif
 gtk = not_found
 gtkx11 = not_found
 vte = not_found
-if not get_option('gtk').auto() or (have_system and not cocoa.found())
+if not get_option('gtk').auto() or have_system
   gtk = dependency('gtk+-3.0', version: '>=3.22.0',
                    method: 'pkg-config',
                    required: get_option('gtk'),