diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 744553781..834230404 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -207,9 +207,7 @@ if get_option('gstreamer')
              dependency('gstreamer-allocators-1.0'),]
 endif
 
-if get_option('spa')
-  subdir('spa')
-endif
+subdir('spa')
 
 subdir('src')
 
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 0d851a613..5a738ddb5 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ option('pipewire-pulseaudio',
        description: 'Enable pipewire-pulseaudio integration',
        type: 'boolean',
        value: true)
-option('spa',
-       description: 'Enable spa integration',
-       type: 'boolean',
-       value: true)
 option('spa-plugins',
        description: 'Enable spa plugins integration',
        type: 'boolean',