diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b375248a76..c9c3217ba4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3951,7 +3951,7 @@ foreach target : target_dirs
                c_args: c_args,
                dependencies: arch_deps + deps + exe['dependencies'],
                objects: lib.extract_all_objects(recursive: true),
-               link_depends: [block_syms, qemu_syms] + exe.get('link_depends', []),
+               link_depends: [block_syms, qemu_syms],
                link_args: link_args,
                win_subsystem: exe['win_subsystem'])