diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
index da8f32ef701..e3373b2011c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 add_qtc_plugin(MesonProjectManager
   PLUGIN_CLASS MesonProjectPlugin
   DEPENDS QmlJS
-  PLUGIN_DEPENDS Core CppEditor ProjectExplorer TextEditor QtSupport
+  PLUGIN_DEPENDS Core ProjectExplorer TextEditor QtSupport
   SOURCES
   arrayoptionlineedit.cpp
   arrayoptionlineedit.h
diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectmanager.qbs b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectmanager.qbs
index b0c84579132..4b725e0f6ca 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectmanager.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectmanager.qbs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Project {
         Depends { name: "Utils" }
 
         Depends { name: "Core" }
-        Depends { name: "CppEditor" }
         Depends { name: "ProjectExplorer" }
         Depends { name: "QtSupport" }