diff --git a/src/libnm-client-impl/meson.build b/src/libnm-client-impl/meson.build
index e80ef79866..290c668948 100644
--- a/src/libnm-client-impl/meson.build
+++ b/src/libnm-client-impl/meson.build
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ libnm_client_impl = static_library(
     libudev_dep,
     glib_dep,
   ],
-  link_with: libnm_log_null,
 )
 
 linker_script = join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'libnm.ver')
diff --git a/src/libnm-client-impl/tests/meson.build b/src/libnm-client-impl/tests/meson.build
index e1955d0b3c..b411ad4067 100644
--- a/src/libnm-client-impl/tests/meson.build
+++ b/src/libnm-client-impl/tests/meson.build
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ foreach test_unit: test_units
       libnm_base,
       libnm_udev_aux,
       libnm_systemd_shared,
+      libnm_log_null,
       libnm_glib_aux,
       libnm_std_aux,
       libc_siphash,