diff --git a/gst/meson.build b/gst/meson.build
index 24bacaea8a..b7596698bf 100644
--- a/gst/meson.build
+++ b/gst/meson.build
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ subdir('librfb')
 subdir('midi')
 #did not work
 #subdir('mixmatrix')
-#did not work
-#subdir('mpeg1sys')
 subdir('mpegdemux')
 subdir('mpegpsmux')
 subdir('mpegtsdemux')
diff --git a/gst/mpeg1sys/meson.build b/gst/mpeg1sys/meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index 02637bc3a7..0000000000
--- a/gst/mpeg1sys/meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-mpeg1_sources = [
-  'gstmpeg1systemencode.c',
-  'buffer.c',
-  'systems.c',
-]
-
-gstmpeg1systemencode = library('gstmpeg1systemencode',
-  mpeg1_sources,
-  c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
-  include_directories : [configinc],
-  dependencies : [gstbase_dep],
-  install : true,
-  install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
-)