diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a0822f369..5c985c00a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ endif
 
 x11_dep = dependency('x11-xcb', required : false)
 if x11_dep.found()
+  xcb_dep  = dependency('xcb',  required : true, version : '>= 1.6')
+  ice_dep  = dependency('ice',  required : true)
+  sm_dep   = dependency('sm',   required : true)
+  xtst_dep = dependency('xtst', required : true)
   cdata.set('HAVE_X11', 1)
 endif
 
@@ -256,11 +260,6 @@ if cc.has_header('sys/soundcard.h')
   cdata.set_quoted('PULSEDSP_LOCATION',	pulsedspdir)
 endif
 
-# X11 deps, we don't define any HAVE_XXX for these one
-ice_dep = dependency('ice', required : false)
-sm_dep = dependency('sm', required: false)
-xtst_dep = dependency('xtst', required: false)
-
 avahi_dep = dependency('avahi-client', version : '>= 0.6.0', required : false)
 if avahi_dep.found()
   cdata.set('HAVE_AVAHI', 1)
diff --git a/src/modules/meson.build b/src/modules/meson.build
index b951e2374..89ca50987 100644
--- a/src/modules/meson.build
+++ b/src/modules/meson.build
@@ -182,18 +182,10 @@ endif
 if x11_dep.found()
   all_modules += [
     [ 'module-x11-bell', 'x11/module-x11-bell.c', [], [], [x11_dep] ],
+    [ 'module-x11-cork-request', 'x11/module-x11-cork-request.c', [], [], [x11_dep, xtst_dep] ],
     [ 'module-x11-publish', 'x11/module-x11-publish.c', [], [], [x11_dep], libprotocol_native ],
+    [ 'module-x11-xsmp', 'x11/module-x11-xsmp.c', [], [], [x11_dep, ice_dep, sm_dep] ],
   ]
-  if xtst_dep.found()
-    all_modules += [
-      [ 'module-x11-cork-request', 'x11/module-x11-cork-request.c', [], [], [x11_dep, xtst_dep] ],
-    ]
-  endif
-  if ice_dep.found() and sm_dep.found()
-    all_modules += [
-      [ 'module-x11-xsmp', 'x11/module-x11-xsmp.c', [], [], [x11_dep, ice_dep, sm_dep] ],
-    ]
-  endif
 endif
 
 # Module echo-cancel is quite modular itself and requires a section of its own