diff --git a/gst/compositor/Makefile.am b/gst/compositor/Makefile.am
index 5d8e184d47..6b98b78bbc 100644
--- a/gst/compositor/Makefile.am
+++ b/gst/compositor/Makefile.am
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ libgstcompositor_la_CFLAGS =  \
 	$(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_CFLAGS) \
 	$(GST_BASE_CFLAGS) $(GST_CFLAGS) $(ORC_CFLAGS)
 libgstcompositor_la_LIBADD =  \
-	$(top_builddir)/gst-libs/gst/base/libgstbadbase-$(GST_API_VERSION).la \
 	$(top_builddir)/gst-libs/gst/video/libgstbadvideo-$(GST_API_VERSION).la \
 	$(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_LIBS) \
 	-lgstvideo-@GST_API_VERSION@ \
diff --git a/gst/compositor/meson.build b/gst/compositor/meson.build
index 2e948fcb0c..52ca87385e 100644
--- a/gst/compositor/meson.build
+++ b/gst/compositor/meson.build
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ gstcompositor = library('gstcompositor',
   compositor_sources, orc_c, orc_h,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API'],
   include_directories : [configinc],
-  dependencies : [gstbadvideo_dep, gstbadbase_dep, gstvideo_dep, gstbase_dep,
-		  orc_dep, libm],
+  dependencies : [gstbadvideo_dep, gstvideo_dep, gstbase_dep, orc_dep, libm],
   install : true,
   install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
 )