diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d4467be..51e481a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('duckhandy', get_option('build_testing') ? 'cpp' : '',
+project('duckhandy', 'cpp',
   version: '0.1.0',
   meson_version: '>=0.56.0',
   default_options: ['buildtype=release', 'cpp_std=gnu++20', 'b_ndebug=if-release']