diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b5280f3..4927ed5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ tiff_opt = get_option('tiff')
 if not tiff_opt.disabled() and not native_windows_loaders
   # We currently don't have a fallback subproject, but this handles error
   # reporting if tiff_opt is enabled.
-  tiff_dep = dependency(is_msvc_like ? 'tiff' : 'libtiff-4', required: tiff_opt)
+  tiff_dep = dependency(false ? 'tiff' : 'libtiff-4', required: tiff_opt)
 
   if tiff_dep.found()
     enabled_loaders += 'tiff'