diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 130ca251f..970f49a52 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ endif
 
 lzo_dep = dependency('lzo2', required: false)
 if lzo_dep.found()
-  deps += [lzo_dep]
   conf.set('HAVE_LZO', 1)
 endif
 
diff --git a/util/cairo-script/meson.build b/util/cairo-script/meson.build
index 653c19d33..51e0ce7cd 100644
--- a/util/cairo-script/meson.build
+++ b/util/cairo-script/meson.build
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ csi_trace_sources = [
 libcairoscript = library('cairo-script-interpreter',
   cairoscript_interpreter_sources,
   include_directories: [incbase],
-  dependencies: deps + [libcairo_dep],
+  dependencies: deps + [libcairo_dep, lzo_dep],
   soversion: cairo_version_sonum,
   version: cairo_libversion,
   install: true,