diff --git a/ci_scripts/ubuntu-deps.sh b/ci_scripts/ubuntu-deps.sh
index 4c98895bf16..40b5042727b 100755
--- a/ci_scripts/ubuntu-deps.sh
+++ b/ci_scripts/ubuntu-deps.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ DEPS=(
     libxml2-utils
     libxslt-dev
     meson
-    ninja-build
     pkg-config
     python3-dev
     systemtap-sdt-dev