1diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
2index c1ac57a..1d1ad1f 100644
3--- a/meson.build
4+++ b/meson.build
5@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ poppler_dep = dependency('poppler-cpp', version: '>=0.26.0')
6 python_mod = import('python')
7 python3 = python_mod.find_installation('python3', pure: false)
8
9-pybind11_proj = subproject('pybind11')
10-pybind11_dep = pybind11_proj.get_variable('pybind11_dep')
11+pybind11_dep = dependency('pybind11')
12
13 subdir('src')