diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ed4b093e4e..8525b104dd 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -4519,10 +4519,10 @@ exe = executable(
                 threads,
                 userspace,
         ],
-        build_by_default : want_tests != 'false' and static_libsystemd_pic,
-        install : install_tests and static_libsystemd_pic,
+        build_by_default : want_tests != 'false' and static_libsystemd != 'false',
+        install : install_tests and static_libsystemd != 'false',
         install_dir : unittestsdir)
-if want_tests != 'false' and static_libsystemd_pic
+if want_tests != 'false' and static_libsystemd != 'false'
         test('test-libsystemd-static-sym', exe)
 endif
 
@@ -4547,10 +4547,10 @@ exe = executable(
         c_args : ['-Wno-deprecated-declarations'] + test_cflags,
         link_with : [install_libudev_static],
         dependencies : userspace,
-        build_by_default : want_tests != 'false' and static_libudev_pic,
-        install : install_tests and static_libudev_pic,
+        build_by_default : want_tests != 'false' and static_libudev != 'false',
+        install : install_tests and static_libudev != 'false',
         install_dir : unittestsdir)
-if want_tests != 'false' and static_libudev_pic
+if want_tests != 'false' and static_libudev != 'false'
         test('test-libudev-static-sym', exe)
 endif