diff --git a/ext/dvdread/meson.build b/ext/dvdread/meson.build
index ae5a7a611d..e385572273 100644
--- a/ext/dvdread/meson.build
+++ b/ext/dvdread/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-2.0', fallback : ['glib', 'libgmodule_dep'],
-                         required : get_option('dvdread'))
 dvdread_dep = dependency('dvdread', version : '>= 0.5.0', required : get_option('dvdread'))
 
 if gmodule_dep.found() and dvdread_dep.found()
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 092aaa17b2..0526f628b2 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ else
   cdata.set('DISABLE_ORC', 1)
 endif
 
+gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-2.0', fallback : ['glib', 'libgmodule_dep'])
+
 ugly_args = ['-DHAVE_CONFIG_H']
 configinc = include_directories('.')
 libsinc = include_directories('gst-libs')