diff --git a/ui/meson.build b/ui/meson.build
index 0b7e2b6f6b..a5ce22a678 100644
--- a/ui/meson.build
+++ b/ui/meson.build
@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ if dbus_display
                                           '--interface-prefix', 'org.qemu.',
                                           '--c-namespace', 'QemuDBus',
                                           '--generate-c-code', '@BASENAME@'])
-  dbus_display1_lib = static_library('dbus-display1', dbus_display1, dependencies: gio)
-  dbus_display1_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: dbus_display1_lib, sources: dbus_display1[0])
+  dbus_display1_dep = declare_dependency(sources: dbus_display1, dependencies: gio)
   dbus_ss.add(when: [gio, dbus_display1_dep],
               if_true: [files(
                 'dbus-chardev.c',