diff --git a/test/api/meson.build b/test/api/meson.build
index 50bb8d93e..9881796dc 100644
--- a/test/api/meson.build
+++ b/test/api/meson.build
@@ -103,17 +103,9 @@ foreach source : tests
   cpp_args = []
   test_name = source.split('.')[0]
 
-  deps = [coretext_deps,
-          freetype_dep,
-          gdi_uniscribe_deps,
-          glib_dep,
-          graphite2_dep,
-          thread_dep,
-          libharfbuzz_dep,
-          libharfbuzz_icu_dep,
+  deps = [libharfbuzz_dep,
           libharfbuzz_cairo_dep,
-          #libharfbuzz_gobject_dep
-  ]
+          libharfbuzz_icu_dep]
   suite = ['api']
   if test_name.contains('-subset') or test_name.contains('-instance')
     deps += libharfbuzz_subset_dep