--- freetype-2.14.1.old/devel/ftoption.h
+++ freetype-2.14.1/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-2.14.1.old/meson.build
+++ freetype-2.14.1/meson.build
@@ -348,48 +348,16 @@
   ft2_deps += [libpng_dep]
 endif
 
-# HarfBuzz support.
+# Harfbuzz support.
 harfbuzz_opt = get_option('harfbuzz')
-harfbuzz_dep = disabler()
-
-if harfbuzz_opt == 'enabled' or harfbuzz_opt == 'auto'
-  harfbuzz_dep = dependency('harfbuzz',
-    version: '>= 2.0.0',
-    required: harfbuzz_opt == 'enabled',
-    default_options: ['freetype=disabled'])
-  if harfbuzz_dep.found()
-    harfbuzz_opt = 'YES'
-    ftoption_command += ['--enable=FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_HARFBUZZ']
-    ft2_deps += [harfbuzz_dep]
-  endif
-endif
-
-if not harfbuzz_dep.found() and \
-   (harfbuzz_opt == 'dynamic' or harfbuzz_opt == 'auto')
-  # On Windows we don't need libdl, but on other platforms we need it.
-  if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-    harfbuzz_opt = 'dynamic'
-    ftoption_command += [
-      '--enable=FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_HARFBUZZ',
-      '--enable=FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_HARFBUZZ_DYNAMIC',
-    ]
-  else
-    harfbuzz_dep = meson.get_compiler('c').find_library('dl',
-      required: harfbuzz_opt == 'dynamic',
-    )
-    if harfbuzz_dep.found()
-      harfbuzz_opt = 'dynamic'
-      ftoption_command += [
-        '--enable=FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_HARFBUZZ',
-        '--enable=FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_HARFBUZZ_DYNAMIC',
-      ]
-      ft2_deps += [harfbuzz_dep]
-    endif
-  endif
-endif
-
-if harfbuzz_opt == 'disabled' or harfbuzz_opt == 'auto'
-  harfbuzz_opt = 'NO'
+if harfbuzz_opt == 'disabled'
+   ftoption_command += ['--disable=FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_HARFBUZZ' ]
+   harfbuzz_opt = 'NO'
+else
+   harfbuzz_dep = dependency('harfbuzz', required: harfbuzz_opt == 'enabled')
+   ftoption_command += [ '--enable=FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_HARFBUZZ' ]
+   ft2_deps += [harfbuzz_dep]
+   harfbuzz_opt = 'YES'
 endif
 
 # Brotli decompression support.