diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d887f9a..270413d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ else
     icu_dep = dependency('icu-i18n', required:false, static:static_linkage)
 endif
 
-gtest_dep = dependency('gtest', main:true, fallback:['gtest', 'gtest_main_dep'], required:false)
+gtest_dep = dependency('', required:false)
 
 inc = include_directories('include')