diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/meson.build
index 3dbcfa60d1..703bf5edf4 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/meson.build
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 va_sources = [
   'plugin.c',
   'gstjpegdecoder.c',
+  'gstvaav1dec.c',
   'gstvabase.c',
   'gstvabasedec.c',
-  'gstvabasetransform.c',
   'gstvabaseenc.c',
+  'gstvabasetransform.c',
   'gstvacaps.c',
   'gstvacompositor.c',
   'gstvadecoder.c',
@@ -70,10 +71,6 @@ if cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
   c_std_arg = ['c_std=c11']
 endif
 
-if libva_dep.version().version_compare('>= 1.8')
-  va_sources += 'gstvaav1dec.c'
-endif
-
 gstva = library('gstva',
   va_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + extra_args,