diff --git a/test cases/failing/34 dependency not-required then required/meson.build b/test cases/failing/34 dependency not-required then required/meson.build
index f33c41c06..1796699e4 100644
--- a/test cases/failing/34 dependency not-required then required/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/failing/34 dependency not-required then required/meson.build	
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 project('dep-test', 'c', version : '1.0')
 
 foo_dep = dependency('foo-bar-xyz-12.3', required : false)
-bar_dep = dependency('foo-bar-xyz-12.3', required : true)
+bar_dep = dependency('foo-bar-xyz-12.3')