diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 24e754e3..bf36c306 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1376,11 +1376,6 @@ weston_test_desktop_shell_la_SOURCES = 			\
 	tests/weston-test-desktop-shell.c		\
 	shared/helpers.h
 
-if ENABLE_EGL
-weston_test_la_CFLAGS += $(EGL_TESTS_CFLAGS)
-weston_test_la_LDFLAGS += $(EGL_TESTS_LIBS)
-endif
-
 libtest_runner_la_SOURCES =			\
 	tests/weston-test-runner.c		\
 	tests/weston-test-runner.h
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8ebe73ee..225d6692 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_EGL, test x$enable_egl = xyes)
 if test x$enable_egl = xyes; then
 	AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_EGL], [1], [Build Weston with EGL support])
 	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(EGL, [egl glesv2])
-        PKG_CHECK_MODULES([EGL_TESTS], [egl glesv2 wayland-client wayland-egl])
 	AC_CHECK_HEADERS([linux/sync_file.h])
 fi
 
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index f1bfe74a..048a5398 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ exe_plugin_test = shared_library(
 	weston_test_server_protocol_h,
 	weston_test_protocol_c,
 	include_directories: include_directories('..', '../shared'),
-	dependencies: [
-		dep_libweston,
-		dependency('egl'),
-	],
+	dependencies: [ dep_libweston ],
 	name_prefix: '',
 	install: false,
 )
diff --git a/tests/weston-test.c b/tests/weston-test.c
index 412eb243..e38aff4c 100644
--- a/tests/weston-test.c
+++ b/tests/weston-test.c
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@
 #include "compositor/weston.h"
 #include "weston-test-server-protocol.h"
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_EGL
-#include <EGL/egl.h>
-#include <EGL/eglext.h>
-#include "weston-egl-ext.h"
-#endif /* ENABLE_EGL */
-
 #include "shared/helpers.h"
 #include "shared/timespec-util.h"