diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/meson.build
index 18d1ca3fb2..fd0ecf8bce 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ va_sources = [
   'gstvacompositor.c',
   'gstvadecoder.c',
   'gstvadeinterlace.c',
-  'gstvaencoder.c',
   'gstvadevice.c',
   'gstvadisplay_priv.c',
   'gstvaencoder.c',