diff --git a/extra/libinput/build b/extra/libinput/build
index 1092f803..5f377ae9 100755
--- a/extra/libinput/build
+++ b/extra/libinput/build
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 export DESTDIR="$1"
 
-pkg-config --exists libudev || {
-    printf 'udev (or libudev-zero) is required\n'
-    exit 1
-}
-
 meson \
     --prefix=/usr \
     --sysconfdir=/etc \
@@ -16,7 +11,6 @@ meson \
     -Ddocumentation=false \
     -Dtests=false \
     -Dlibwacom=false \
-    -Dudev="${udev:=true}" \
     . output
 
 ninja -C output
diff --git a/extra/libinput/depends b/extra/libinput/depends
index c323c7a6..06b7c67a 100644
--- a/extra/libinput/depends
+++ b/extra/libinput/depends
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 libevdev
+libudev-zero
 linux-headers make
 meson         make
 mtdev
diff --git a/extra/libinput/version b/extra/libinput/version
index f0fb559d..2f85afff 100644
--- a/extra/libinput/version
+++ b/extra/libinput/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.18.0 1
+1.18.0 2