diff --git a/util/cairo-fdr/meson.build b/util/cairo-fdr/meson.build
index 0d00e43f7..c333bf765 100644
--- a/util/cairo-fdr/meson.build
+++ b/util/cairo-fdr/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ cairo_fdr_sources = [
 libcairofdr = library('cairo-fdr', cairo_fdr_sources,
   include_directories: [incbase, incsrc],
   dependencies: deps,
-  gnu_symbol_visibility: 'hidden',
   link_args: extra_link_args,
   install: true,
   install_dir: get_option('libdir') / 'cairo',
diff --git a/util/cairo-trace/meson.build b/util/cairo-trace/meson.build
index 8d4ac131b..f088c774c 100644
--- a/util/cairo-trace/meson.build
+++ b/util/cairo-trace/meson.build
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ libcairotrace = library('cairo-trace', cairo_trace_sources,
   dependencies: deps,
   c_args: ['-DSHARED_LIB_EXT="@0@"'.format(shared_lib_ext),] + pthread_c_args,
   link_args: extra_link_args,
-  gnu_symbol_visibility: 'hidden',
   install: true,
   install_dir: get_option('libdir') / 'cairo',
 )