diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ee96fcb21f..0361bc5904 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1898,7 +1898,7 @@ endif
 
 pefile = pymod.find_installation('python3', required: false, modules : ['pefile'])
 
-want_ukify = get_option('ukify').require(python_39 and (want_tests != 'true' or pefile.found()), error_message : 'Python >= 3.9 and pefile required').allowed()
+want_ukify = get_option('ukify').require(python_39 and pefile.found(), error_message : 'Python >= 3.9 and pefile required').allowed()
 conf.set10('ENABLE_UKIFY', want_ukify)
 
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