diff --git a/dummy.c b/dummy.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 870fde8aa..000000000
--- a/dummy.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-// This is used to make meson happy
-void dummy(void);
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 642dc38df..8ace085c5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ wlr_deps = [
 
 lib_wlr = library(
 	'wlroots',
-	files('dummy.c'),
 	link_whole: wlr_parts,
 	dependencies: wlr_deps,
 	include_directories: wlr_inc,