diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ee2a4e70b..baf59ec45 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -518,13 +518,10 @@ if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
   cpp_compiler = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
   d2d_dep = cpp_compiler.find_library('d2d1', required: get_option('dwrite'))
   dwrite_dep = cpp_compiler.find_library('dwrite', required: get_option('dwrite'))
-  d2d_header = cpp_compiler.has_header('d2d1.h')
   d2d_3_header = cpp_compiler.has_header('d2d1_3.h')
-  dwrite_header = cpp_compiler.has_header('dwrite.h')
   wincodec_dep = cpp_compiler.find_library('windowscodecs', required: get_option('dwrite'))
-  wincodec_header = cpp_compiler.has_header('wincodec.h')
 
-  if d2d_dep.found() and dwrite_dep.found() and d2d_header and dwrite_header and wincodec_dep.found() and wincodec_header
+  if d2d_dep.found() and dwrite_dep.found()
     feature_conf.set('CAIRO_HAS_DWRITE_FONT', 1)
     built_features += [{
       'name': 'cairo-dwrite-font',