diff --git a/docs/meson.rst b/docs/meson.rst
index c47b64a71dc..c17ad1c72f2 100644
--- a/docs/meson.rst
+++ b/docs/meson.rst
@@ -157,9 +157,7 @@ CC and CXX environment variables.
 
 All of these compilers are tested and work with Ninja, but if you want
 Visual Studio integration or you just like msbuild, passing
-``--backend=vs`` to Meson will generate a Visual Studio solution. If you
-want to use ICL or clang-cl with the vsbackend you will need Meson
-0.52.0 or greater. Older versions always use the Microsoft compiler.
+``--backend=vs`` to Meson will generate a Visual Studio solution.
 
 3. Advanced Usage
 -----------------