diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 047ce90e..62e43d11 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ configure_file(
 # Targets
 #===============================================================================
 if not get_option('source-only')
-    subdir('lib/font_renderer')
     subdir('src')
     subdir('scripts')
 endif
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 707e04e9..b0dc5247 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 lite_sources = [
     'api/api.c',
-    'api/cp_replace.c',
     'api/renderer.c',
-    'api/renderer_font.c',
     'api/regex.c',
     'api/system.c',
     'api/process.c',
     'renderer.c',
     'renwindow.c',
-    'fontdesc.c',
     'rencache.c',
     'main.c',
 ]
@@ -25,7 +22,7 @@ lite_include = include_directories('.')
 
 executable('lite-xl',
     lite_sources + lite_rc,
-    include_directories: [lite_include, font_renderer_include],
+    include_directories: [lite_include],
     dependencies: lite_deps,
     c_args: lite_cargs,
     objc_args: lite_cargs,