diff --git a/src/core/initrd/meson.build b/src/core/initrd/meson.build
index b0d4161e18..77f7f0840e 100644
--- a/src/core/initrd/meson.build
+++ b/src/core/initrd/meson.build
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ executable(
     libnm_base,
     libnm_systemd_shared,
     libnm_log_core,
+    libnm_udev_aux,
     libnm_glib_aux,
     libnm_std_aux,
     libc_siphash,
diff --git a/src/core/meson.build b/src/core/meson.build
index 1fc5c0d352..e5cf617d15 100644
--- a/src/core/meson.build
+++ b/src/core/meson.build
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ libNetworkManagerBase = static_library(
   dependencies: [
     core_default_dep,
     libnm_core_impl_dep,
-    libnm_udev_aux_dep,
     libsystemd_dep,
     libudev_dep,
   ],
@@ -203,17 +202,18 @@ executable(
   'nm-iface-helper.c',
   dependencies: [
     core_default_dep,
-    dl_dep,
-    libndp_dep,
-    libudev_dep,
     libnm_core_impl_dep_link,
     glib_dep,
+    libudev_dep,
+    libndp_dep,
+    dl_dep,
   ],
   link_with: [
     libNetworkManagerBase,
     libnm_systemd_core,
     libnm_systemd_shared,
     libnm_base,
+    libnm_udev_aux,
     libnm_log_core,
     libnm_glib_aux,
     libnm_std_aux,
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ if enable_tests
       libNetworkManagerTest,
       libnm_base,
       libnm_core_impl,
+      libnm_systemd_shared,
+      libnm_udev_aux,
       libnm_log_core,
       libnm_glib_aux,
       libnm_std_aux,
@@ -289,7 +291,10 @@ subdir('settings/plugins')
 NetworkManager_all_sym = executable(
   'NetworkManager-all-sym',
   'main.c',
-  dependencies: nm_deps,
+  dependencies: [
+    nm_deps,
+    libudev_dep,
+  ],
   link_args: '-Wl,--no-gc-sections',
   link_whole: [
     libNetworkManager,
@@ -297,6 +302,7 @@ NetworkManager_all_sym = executable(
     libnm_core_impl,
     libnm_base,
     libnm_log_core,
+    libnm_udev_aux,
     libnm_glib_aux,
     libnm_std_aux,
     libn_acd,
@@ -323,12 +329,16 @@ ver_script = custom_target(
 NetworkManager = executable(
   'NetworkManager',
   'main.c',
-  dependencies: nm_deps,
+  dependencies: [
+    nm_deps,
+    libudev_dep,
+  ],
   link_with: [
     libNetworkManager,
     libNetworkManagerBase,
     libnm_core_impl,
     libnm_base,
+    libnm_udev_aux,
     libnm_log_core,
     libnm_glib_aux,
     libnm_std_aux,
diff --git a/src/libnm-client-impl/meson.build b/src/libnm-client-impl/meson.build
index f9ab8108dc..0498cbdfd3 100644
--- a/src/libnm-client-impl/meson.build
+++ b/src/libnm-client-impl/meson.build
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ libnm_client_impl = static_library(
     libnmdbus_dep,
     libnm_core_aux_intern_dep,
     libnm_nm_default_dep,
-    libnm_udev_aux_dep,
     libudev_dep,
   ],
   link_with: libnm_log_null,
@@ -85,11 +84,15 @@ linker_script = join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'libnm.ver')
 libnm = shared_library(
   'nm',
   version: libnm_version,
-  dependencies: libnm_nm_default_dep,
+  dependencies: [
+    libnm_nm_default_dep,
+    libudev_dep,
+  ],
   link_whole: [
     libnm_client_impl,
     libnm_core_impl,
     libnm_base,
+    libnm_udev_aux,
     libnm_systemd_shared,
     libnm_log_null,
     libnm_glib_aux,
diff --git a/src/libnm-client-impl/tests/meson.build b/src/libnm-client-impl/tests/meson.build
index 044bdbcc0c..19ed961a22 100644
--- a/src/libnm-client-impl/tests/meson.build
+++ b/src/libnm-client-impl/tests/meson.build
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ foreach test_unit: test_units
       libnm_core_impl_dep_link,
       libnm_nm_default_dep,
       glib_dep,
+      libudev_dep,
     ],
     link_with: [
       libnm_client_impl,
       libnm_client_test,
       libnm_base,
+      libnm_udev_aux,
       libnm_systemd_shared,
       libnm_glib_aux,
       libnm_std_aux,
diff --git a/src/libnm-udev-aux/meson.build b/src/libnm-udev-aux/meson.build
index f0e7a7fa45..8ba1248595 100644
--- a/src/libnm-udev-aux/meson.build
+++ b/src/libnm-udev-aux/meson.build
@@ -12,7 +12,3 @@ libnm_udev_aux = static_library(
     libudev_dep,
   ],
 )
-
-libnm_udev_aux_dep = declare_dependency(
-  link_with: libnm_udev_aux,
-)