diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e41be12a1f1..fd4eb0b8af9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ project(
   ['c', 'cpp'],
   version : files('VERSION'),
   license : 'MIT',
-  meson_version : '>= 1.3.0',
+  meson_version : '>= 1.4.0',
   default_options : [
     'buildtype=debugoptimized',
     'b_ndebug=if-release',
@@ -1906,9 +1906,6 @@ endif
 # so add a define to work silence these issues.
 if get_option('b_sanitize') == 'thread'
   pre_args += '-DTHREAD_SANITIZER=1'
-  # meson versions prior to 1.4 will warn "Consider using the built-in option for sanitizers ..."
-  # later on because it only checks whether the option starts with "-fsanitize",
-  # but there is no built-in option for adding a blacklist
   tsan_blacklist = '-fsanitize-blacklist=@0@'.format(join_paths(meson.project_source_root(), 'build-support', 'tsan-blacklist.txt'))
   if cc.has_argument(tsan_blacklist)
     pre_args += tsan_blacklist