diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/default.nix
index 32948adfb6c..cd506b970f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 , stdenv
 , writeTextDir
 , substituteAll
-, pkgsHostHost
 , fetchpatch
 }:
 
@@ -61,10 +60,6 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
 
-  # Ensure there will always be a native C compiler when meson is used, as a
-  # workaround until https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/pull/6512 lands.
-  depsHostHostPropagated = [ pkgsHostHost.stdenv.cc ];
-
   # 0.45 update enabled tests but they are failing
   doCheck = false;
   # checkInputs = [ ninja pkgconfig ];