diff --git a/tools/meson-build.sh b/tools/meson-build.sh
index 2366df23f9..64498be605 100755
--- a/tools/meson-build.sh
+++ b/tools/meson-build.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,4 @@ if [ ! -f "$builddir/build.ninja" ]; then
     CC="$CC" CXX="$CXX" meson setup -Dc_args="$c_args" -Dcpp_args="$cpp_args" "$builddir" "$sourcedir" $options
 fi
 
-# Locate ninja binary, on CentOS 7 it is called ninja-build, so use that name if available.
-command -v ninja-build >/dev/null && ninja="ninja-build" || ninja="ninja"
-"$ninja" -C "$builddir" "$target"
+ninja -C "$builddir" "$target"