diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tests/check/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tests/check/meson.build
index 5cacd9151a..18153192c2 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tests/check/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tests/check/meson.build
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ if host_machine.system() != 'windows'
     [ 'elements/multisocketsink.c', not core_conf.has('HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H') or not core_conf.has('HAVE_UNISTD_H') ],
     [ 'elements/playbin-complex.c', not ogg_dep.found() ],
     [ 'elements/textoverlay.c', not pango_dep.found() ],
-    [ 'elements/theoradec.c', not ogg_dep.found() and theoradec_dep.found() ],
+    [ 'elements/theoradec.c', not ogg_dep.found() or not theoradec_dep.found() ],
     [ 'elements/vorbisdec.c', not vorbis_dep.found(), [ vorbis_dep, vorbisenc_dep ] ],
     [ 'elements/vorbistag.c', not vorbisenc_dep.found(), [ vorbis_dep, vorbisenc_dep ] ],
     [ 'pipelines/oggmux.c', not ogg_dep.found(), [ ogg_dep, ] ],