diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8b809c30..ab567097 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                libsm-dev,
                libspectre-dev,
                libtiff-dev,
-               libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev (>= 2.4.3) | libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev (>= 2.4.3),
+               libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev (>= 2.4.3),
                libxapp-dev (>= 2.5.0),
                libx11-dev,
                libxml2-dev,
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a2e12efe..3879ee8c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -126,10 +126,6 @@ thumbnailer_mime_types = xreader_mime_types
 
 if get_option('epub')
     webkit = dependency('webkit2gtk-4.1', version: '>= 2.4.3', required: false)
-    if not webkit.found()
-        webkit = dependency('webkit2gtk-4.0', version: '>= 2.4.3')
-    endif
-
     backend_subdirs += 'epub'
     xreader_mime_types += 'application/epub+zip;'
 endif