--- freetype-2.13.2.old/devel/ftoption.h
+++ freetype-2.13.2/devel/ftoption.h
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
    *   options set by those programs have precedence, overwriting the value
    *   here with the configured one.
    */
-#define FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_HARFBUZZ
+/* #define FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_HARFBUZZ */
 
 
   /**************************************************************************
--- freetype-2.13.2.old/meson.build
+++ freetype-2.13.2/meson.build
@@ -335,15 +335,14 @@
   ft2_deps += [libpng_dep]
 endif
 
-# Harfbuzz support
-harfbuzz_dep = dependency('harfbuzz',
-  version: '>= 2.0.0',
-  required: get_option('harfbuzz'),
-  default_options: ['freetype=disabled'])
-
-if harfbuzz_dep.found()
-  ftoption_command += ['--enable=FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_HARFBUZZ']
-  ft2_deps += [harfbuzz_dep]
+# Harbuzz support
+    harfbuzz_option =  get_option('harfbuzz')
+if  harfbuzz_option.disabled()
+    ftoption_command += ['--disable=FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_HARFBUZZ' ]
+else
+    harfbuzz_dep = dependency('harfbuzz', required: harfbuzz_option.enabled())
+    ftoption_command += [ '--enable=FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_HARFBUZZ' ]
+    ft2_deps += [harfbuzz_dep]
 endif
 
 # Brotli decompression support
@@ -463,7 +462,7 @@
 summary({'Zlib': zlib_option,
          'Bzip2': bzip2_dep.found() ? 'yes' : 'no',
          'Png': libpng_dep.found() ? 'yes' : 'no',
-         'Harfbuzz': harfbuzz_dep.found() ? 'yes' : 'no',
+         'Harfbuzz': harfbuzz_option.enabled() ? 'yes' : 'no',
          'Brotli': brotli_dep.found() ? 'yes' : 'no',
         }, section: 'Used Libraries')