diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2b1b68f87b9..237bb3477ab 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1567,11 +1567,17 @@ foreach d : _libdrm_checks
 endforeach
 
 with_gallium_drisw_kms = false
-dep_libdrm = dependency(
-  'libdrm', version : '>=' + _drm_ver,
-  # GNU/Hurd includes egl_dri2, without drm.
-  required : (with_dri2 and host_machine.system() != 'gnu') or with_dri3
-)
+if system_has_kms_drm
+  dep_libdrm = dependency(
+    'libdrm', version : '>=' + _drm_ver,
+    # GNU/Hurd includes egl_dri2, without drm.
+    required : (with_dri2 and host_machine.system() != 'gnu') or with_dri3
+  )
+else
+  # We should prevent libdrm from being available when the target doesn't have it to avoid transitive
+  # dependencies (such as vk-runtime) linking to it
+  dep_libdrm = null_dep
+endif
 if dep_libdrm.found()
   pre_args += '-DHAVE_LIBDRM'
   if with_dri_platform == 'drm' and with_dri
diff --git a/src/freedreno/vulkan/meson.build b/src/freedreno/vulkan/meson.build
index 2441b281fec..b12d5dd04e0 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/vulkan/meson.build
+++ b/src/freedreno/vulkan/meson.build
@@ -67,11 +67,6 @@ if with_xlib_lease
   tu_deps += [dep_xlib_xrandr]
 endif
 
-if not system_has_kms_drm
-  # Even if libdrm is available we shouldn't use it in KGSL-only build
-  tu_flags += '-UHAVE_LIBDRM'
-endif
-
 if freedreno_kmds.contains('kgsl')
   tu_flags += '-DTU_HAS_KGSL'
   libtu_files += files('tu_knl_kgsl.c')