diff --git a/subprojects/packagefiles/spdlog/meson.build b/subprojects/packagefiles/spdlog/meson.build
index fe33ab80d..eda51d631 100644
--- a/subprojects/packagefiles/spdlog/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/packagefiles/spdlog/meson.build
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spdlog_compile_args = []
 if meson.get_compiler('cpp').has_header_symbol('format', '__cpp_lib_format', required: get_option('std_format'))
   spdlog_compile_args += '-DSPDLOG_USE_STD_FORMAT'
 else
-  fmt_dep = dependency('fmt', version: '>=8.1', required: get_option('external_fmt').enabled())
+  fmt_dep = dependency('fmt', version: '>=8.1', required: get_option('external_fmt'))
   if fmt_dep.found()
     spdlog_dependencies += fmt_dep
     spdlog_compile_args += '-DSPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL'