diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5e6c0d39..40df8e3d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,10 +38,7 @@ override CFLAGS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags glib-2.0) -DVERSION=\"$(VERSIO
 # "pkg-config --exists" will error if the package doesn't exist. Make can only compare
 # output of commands, so the echo commands are to allow pkg-config to error out, make to catch it,
 # and allow the compilation to complete.
-ifeq ($(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --exists libsystemd-journal && echo "0"), 0)
-	override LIBS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs libsystemd-journal)
-	override CFLAGS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags libsystemd-journal) -D USE_JOURNALD=1
-else ifeq ($(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --exists libsystemd && echo "0"), 0)
+ifeq ($(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --exists libsystemd && echo "0"), 0)
 	override LIBS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs libsystemd)
 	override CFLAGS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags libsystemd) -D USE_JOURNALD=1
 endif
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 336e48f3..b454e349 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -47,10 +47,7 @@ else
   libdl = cc.find_library('dl')
 endif
 
-sd_journal = dependency('libsystemd-journal', required : false)
-if not sd_journal.found()
-	sd_journal = dependency('libsystemd', required : false)
-endif
+sd_journal = dependency('libsystemd', required : false)
 if sd_journal.found()
 	add_project_arguments('-DUSE_JOURNALD=1', language : 'c')
 endif