--- meson.build.orig	2023-08-12 19:01:30 UTC
+++ meson.build
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ else
   config_h.set('PATH_WTMP', '_PATH_WTMPX')
 else
   path_wtmp = '/var/log/utx.log'
-  assert(run_command('test', '-e', path_wtmp, check: false).returncode() == 0, 'Do not know which filename to watch for wtmp changes')
   config_h.set_quoted('PATH_WTMP', path_wtmp)
 endif
 
@@ -159,11 +158,7 @@ polkit_gobject_dep = dependency('polkit-gobject-1')
 # salt drawn from secure system ressources with at least 128 bits.
 # (96 bits for sha512crypt, as more is not supported by this method, since
 # the effectively used maximum is 16 base64-encoded characters)
-crypt_dep = dependency('libxcrypt', required: false, version: '>= 4')
-config_h.set('HAVE_CRYPT_GENSALT', crypt_dep.found())
-if not crypt_dep.found()
-  crypt_dep = cc.find_library('crypt')
-endif
+crypt_dep = cc.find_library('crypt')
 
 dbus_dep = dependency('dbus-1')
 if dbus_dep.version().version_compare('>=1.9.18')