diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5b93f0bd3df035142a63e756f9c06a37ebd94f86..ac663717dd1da9a56cb301b1120081c45aa66ebf 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -135,13 +135,7 @@ moody_sources = [
 libhandy_dep = dependency('libhandy-0.0', version: '>= 0.0.8')
 libsoup_dep  = dependency('libsoup-2.4')
 libsecret_dep  = dependency('libsecret-1')
-
 libmyhtml_dep = dependency('myhtml', required: false)
-if not libmyhtml_dep.found()
-	message('MyHTML isn\'t found, using Modest instead')
-	libmyhtml_dep = dependency('modest')
-endif
-
 moody = executable('moody', moody_sources,
   dependencies: [libhandy_dep, libsoup_dep, libsecret_dep, libmyhtml_dep],
   include_directories: [root_inc, src_inc],