diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e9c44bbb94..0f44814db4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -793,7 +793,6 @@ substs.set('DEBUGTTY', get_option('debug-tty'))
 enable_debug_hashmap = false
 enable_debug_mmap_cache = false
 enable_debug_siphash = false
-enable_debug_udev = false
 foreach name : get_option('debug-extra')
         if name == 'hashmap'
                 enable_debug_hashmap = true
@@ -801,8 +800,6 @@ foreach name : get_option('debug-extra')
                 enable_debug_mmap_cache = true
         elif name == 'siphash'
                 enable_debug_siphash = true
-        elif name == 'udev'
-                enable_debug_udev = true
         else
                 message('unknown debug option "@0@", ignoring'.format(name))
         endif
@@ -810,7 +807,6 @@ endforeach
 conf.set10('ENABLE_DEBUG_HASHMAP', enable_debug_hashmap)
 conf.set10('ENABLE_DEBUG_MMAP_CACHE', enable_debug_mmap_cache)
 conf.set10('ENABLE_DEBUG_SIPHASH', enable_debug_siphash)
-conf.set10('ENABLE_DEBUG_UDEV', enable_debug_udev)
 
 conf.set10('VALGRIND', get_option('valgrind'))
 conf.set10('LOG_TRACE', get_option('log-trace'))
@@ -3199,7 +3195,6 @@ foreach tuple : [
         ['debug hashmap'],
         ['debug mmap cache'],
         ['debug siphash'],
-        ['debug udev'],
         ['valgrind',         conf.get('VALGRIND') == 1],
         ['trace logging',    conf.get('LOG_TRACE') == 1],
         ['link-udev-shared',      get_option('link-udev-shared')],
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index b96e49d825..e56d33760b 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ option('debug-shell', type : 'string', value : '/bin/sh',
        description : 'path to debug shell binary')
 option('debug-tty', type : 'string', value : '/dev/tty9',
        description : 'specify the tty device for debug shell')
-option('debug-extra', type : 'array', choices : ['hashmap', 'mmap-cache', 'siphash', 'udev'], value : [],
+option('debug-extra', type : 'array', choices : ['hashmap', 'mmap-cache', 'siphash'], value : [],
        description : 'enable extra debugging')
 option('memory-accounting-default', type : 'boolean',
        description : 'enable MemoryAccounting= by default')