diff --git a/tests/check/meson.build b/tests/check/meson.build
index ca751934bb..b4055a931a 100644
--- a/tests/check/meson.build
+++ b/tests/check/meson.build
@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@ base_tests = [
   [['elements/autovideoconvert.c']],
   [['elements/avwait.c']],
   [['elements/camerabin.c']],
-  [['elements/d3d11colorconvert.c'], host_machine.system() != 'windows', ],
+  [['elements/ccconverter.c'], not pangocairo_dep.found(), [gstvideo_dep]],
+  [['elements/cccombiner.c'], not pangocairo_dep.found(), ],
+  [['elements/ccextractor.c'], not pangocairo_dep.found(), ],
   [['elements/cudaconvert.c'], false, [gmodule_dep, gstgl_dep]],
   [['elements/cudafilter.c'], false, [gmodule_dep, gstgl_dep]],
+  [['elements/d3d11colorconvert.c'], host_machine.system() != 'windows', ],
   [['elements/gdpdepay.c']],
   [['elements/gdppay.c']],
   [['elements/h263parse.c'], false, [libparser_dep, gstcodecparsers_dep]],
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ base_tests = [
   [['elements/id3mux.c']],
   [['elements/interlace.c']],
   [['elements/jpeg2000parse.c'], false, [libparser_dep, gstcodecparsers_dep]],
+  [['elements/line21.c'], not pangocairo_dep.found(), ],
   [['elements/mfvideosrc.c'], host_machine.system() != 'windows', ],
   [['elements/mpegtsdemux.c'], false, [gstmpegts_dep]],
   [['elements/mpegtsmux.c'], false, [gstmpegts_dep]],
@@ -101,11 +105,7 @@ if host_machine.system() != 'windows'
     [['elements/avtpcvfdepay.c'], not avtp_dep.found(), [avtp_dep]],
     [['elements/avtpsink.c'], not avtp_dep.found(), [avtp_dep]],
     [['elements/avtpsrc.c'], not avtp_dep.found(), [avtp_dep]],
-    [['elements/ccconverter.c'], not gstvideo_dep.found(), [gstvideo_dep]],
-    [['elements/cccombiner.c']],
-    [['elements/ccextractor.c']],
     [['elements/clockselect.c']],
-    [['elements/line21.c']],
     [['elements/curlhttpsink.c'], not curl_dep.found(), [curl_dep]],
     [['elements/curlhttpsrc.c'], not curl_dep.found(), [curl_dep, gio_dep]],
     [['elements/curlfilesink.c'],