diff --git a/extra/pango/build b/extra/pango/build
index ead66962..90a0a188 100755
--- a/extra/pango/build
+++ b/extra/pango/build
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ meson \
     --prefix=/usr \
     -Dgir=false \
     -Dgtk_doc=false \
+    -Dxft=disabled \
     -Dintrospection=disabled \
     -Dinstalled_tests=false \
     . build
diff --git a/extra/pango/depends b/extra/pango/depends
index cd1947b7..83d1a4dd 100644
--- a/extra/pango/depends
+++ b/extra/pango/depends
@@ -2,7 +2,5 @@ cairo
 fontconfig
 freetype-harfbuzz
 glib
-libXft
-libXrender
 meson   make
 pkgconf make