diff --git a/src/core/selinux-setup.c b/src/core/selinux-setup.c
index bc1a24914e6..89f736b47bb 100644
--- a/src/core/selinux-setup.c
+++ b/src/core/selinux-setup.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ int mac_selinux_setup(bool *loaded_policy) {
         before_load = now(CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
         r = selinux_init_load_policy(&enforce);
         if (r == 0) {
-                _cleanup_(mac_selinux_freep) char *label = NULL;
+                _cleanup_freecon_ char *label = NULL;
 
                 mac_selinux_retest();
 
diff --git a/src/core/socket.c b/src/core/socket.c
index 66733a269e5..339d77fb975 100644
--- a/src/core/socket.c
+++ b/src/core/socket.c
@@ -1615,7 +1615,7 @@ DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC_FULL(Socket *, socket_close_fds, NULL);
 
 static int socket_open_fds(Socket *orig_s) {
         _cleanup_(socket_close_fdsp) Socket *s = orig_s;
-        _cleanup_(mac_selinux_freep) char *label = NULL;
+        _cleanup_freecon_ char *label = NULL;
         bool know_label = false;
         int r;
 
diff --git a/src/portable/portable.c b/src/portable/portable.c
index 53418c417b5..08e9bc01139 100644
--- a/src/portable/portable.c
+++ b/src/portable/portable.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static int extract_now(
 
                 FOREACH_DIRENT(de, d, return log_debug_errno(errno, "Failed to read directory: %m")) {
                         _cleanup_(portable_metadata_unrefp) PortableMetadata *m = NULL;
-                        _cleanup_(mac_selinux_freep) char *con = NULL;
+                        _cleanup_freecon_ char *con = NULL;
                         _cleanup_close_ int fd = -EBADF;
                         struct stat st;
 
diff --git a/src/shared/selinux-util.c b/src/shared/selinux-util.c
index d2b1a3e5543..e626a60026e 100644
--- a/src/shared/selinux-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/selinux-util.c
@@ -532,17 +532,6 @@ int mac_selinux_get_child_mls_label(int socket_fd, const char *exe, const char *
 #endif
 }
 
-char* mac_selinux_free(char *label) {
-
-#if HAVE_SELINUX
-        freecon(label);
-#else
-        assert(!label);
-#endif
-
-        return NULL;
-}
-
 #if HAVE_SELINUX
 static int selinux_create_file_prepare_abspath(const char *abspath, mode_t mode) {
         _cleanup_freecon_ char *filecon = NULL;
diff --git a/src/shared/selinux-util.h b/src/shared/selinux-util.h
index 97ab5ebb2f4..038456fcca6 100644
--- a/src/shared/selinux-util.h
+++ b/src/shared/selinux-util.h
@@ -13,9 +13,15 @@
 #include <selinux/selinux.h>
 
 DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC_FULL(char*, freecon, NULL);
-#define _cleanup_freecon_ _cleanup_(freeconp)
+#else
+static inline char* freeconp(char **p) {
+        assert(*p == NULL);
+        return NULL;
+}
 #endif
 
+#define _cleanup_freecon_ _cleanup_(freeconp)
+
 bool mac_selinux_use(void);
 void mac_selinux_retest(void);
 bool mac_selinux_enforcing(void);
@@ -33,7 +39,6 @@ int mac_selinux_apply_fd(int fd, const char *path, const char *label);
 int mac_selinux_get_create_label_from_exe(const char *exe, char **label);
 int mac_selinux_get_our_label(char **label);
 int mac_selinux_get_child_mls_label(int socket_fd, const char *exe, const char *exec_label, char **label);
-char* mac_selinux_free(char *label);
 
 int mac_selinux_create_file_prepare_at(int dirfd, const char *path, mode_t mode);
 static inline int mac_selinux_create_file_prepare(const char *path, mode_t mode) {
@@ -46,5 +51,3 @@ int mac_selinux_create_socket_prepare(const char *label);
 void mac_selinux_create_socket_clear(void);
 
 int mac_selinux_bind(int fd, const struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addrlen);
-
-DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC(char*, mac_selinux_free);
diff --git a/src/test/meson.build b/src/test/meson.build
index 3abbb94d9fb..217f38bb058 100644
--- a/src/test/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/meson.build
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ simple_tests += files(
         'test-sd-hwdb.c',
         'test-sd-path.c',
         'test-secure-bits.c',
-        'test-selinux.c',
         'test-serialize.c',
         'test-set.c',
         'test-sha256.c',
@@ -404,6 +403,10 @@ executables += [
                 'dependencies' : libseccomp,
                 'conditions' : ['HAVE_SECCOMP'],
         },
+        test_template + {
+                'sources' : files('test-selinux.c'),
+                'dependencies' : libselinux,
+        },
         test_template + {
                 'sources' : files('test-set-disable-mempool.c'),
                 'dependencies' : threads,
diff --git a/src/test/test-selinux.c b/src/test/test-selinux.c
index 04b5ba146d9..e7371a81e3a 100644
--- a/src/test/test-selinux.c
+++ b/src/test/test-selinux.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static void test_cleanup(void) {
 }
 
 static void test_misc(const char* fname) {
-        _cleanup_(mac_selinux_freep) char *label = NULL, *label2 = NULL, *label3 = NULL;
+        _cleanup_freecon_ char *label = NULL, *label2 = NULL, *label3 = NULL;
         int r;
         _cleanup_close_ int fd = -EBADF;