diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a6febe01d0..dfc8907c9d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ if host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
   add_languages('objc')
 endif
 
-clean_check = run_command('meson/clean_check.sh')
-if clean_check.returncode() == 0
-  error('Meson build requires a clean source tree')
-endif
-
 pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')
 
 test_env = environment()
diff --git a/meson/clean_check.sh b/meson/clean_check.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index c054794048..0000000000
--- a/meson/clean_check.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-test -f ${MESON_SOURCE_ROOT}/configure