diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 329a5ebd..e3829e12 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -218,12 +218,8 @@ dearimgui_sp = subproject('imgui', default_options: imgui_options)
 dearimgui_dep = dearimgui_sp.get_variable('imgui_dep')
 
 if is_unixy
-implot_sp = subproject('implot')
+implot_sp = subproject('implot', default_options: ['default_library=static'])
 implot_dep = implot_sp.get_variable('implot_dep')
-implot_lib = static_library(
-  'implot_static',
-  objects: implot_sp.get_variable('implot_lib').extract_all_objects()
-)
 else
 implot_dep = null_dep
 implot_lib = static_library('nulllib', [])
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 4d76b3a0..394a158f 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ mangohud_static_lib = static_library(
     implot_dep],
   include_directories : [inc_common],
   link_args : link_args,
-  link_with : implot_lib,
   install_dir : libdir_mangohud,
   install : false
 )