diff --git a/rust/chardev/meson.build b/rust/chardev/meson.build
index d365d8dd0f..36ada7c454 100644
--- a/rust/chardev/meson.build
+++ b/rust/chardev/meson.build
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ _chardev_rs = static_library(
   dependencies: [glib_sys_rs, common_rs, qemu_macros],
 )
 
-chardev_rs = declare_dependency(link_with: [_chardev_rs], dependencies: [chardev, qemuutil])
+chardev_rs = declare_dependency(link_with: [_chardev_rs], dependencies: [chardev])
diff --git a/rust/util/meson.build b/rust/util/meson.build
index b0b75e93ff..8ad344dccb 100644
--- a/rust/util/meson.build
+++ b/rust/util/meson.build
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ _util_rs = static_library(
   dependencies: [anyhow_rs, libc_rs, foreign_rs, glib_sys_rs, common_rs, qom, qemuutil],
 )
 
-util_rs = declare_dependency(link_with: [_util_rs], dependencies: [qemuutil, qom])
+util_rs = declare_dependency(link_with: [_util_rs])
 
 rust.test('rust-util-tests', _util_rs,
           dependencies: [qemuutil, qom],