diff --git a/releases/portage/stages-qemu/package.mask/releng/meson b/releases/portage/stages-qemu/package.mask/releng/meson
deleted file mode 100644
index 5623883b..00000000
--- a/releases/portage/stages-qemu/package.mask/releng/meson
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# this version misbuilds portage (no ipc support)
-=dev-util/meson-1.3.0
diff --git a/releases/portage/stages/package.mask/releng/meson b/releases/portage/stages/package.mask/releng/meson
deleted file mode 100644
index 5623883b..00000000
--- a/releases/portage/stages/package.mask/releng/meson
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# this version misbuilds portage (no ipc support)
-=dev-util/meson-1.3.0