--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -105,10 +105,9 @@ lsusb_sources = [
   'ccan/list/list.h',
 ]
 
-libudev = dependency('libudev', version: '>= 196')
 libusb = dependency('libusb-1.0', version: '>= 1.0.22')
 
-executable('lsusb', lsusb_sources, dependencies: [libusb, libudev], install: true)
+executable('lsusb', lsusb_sources, dependencies: [libusb], install: true)
 
 ################################
 # usbhid-dump build instructions
diff --git a/names.c b/names.c
index 6c25404..f7231d0 100644
--- a/names.c
+++ b/names.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
 #include <libusb.h>
-#include <libudev.h>
 
 #include "usb-spec.h"
 #include "names.h"
@@ -83,12 +82,6 @@ const char *names_countrycode(unsigned int countrycode)
 
 static const char *hwdb_get(const char *modalias, const char *key)
 {
-	struct udev_list_entry *entry;
-
-	udev_list_entry_foreach(entry, udev_hwdb_get_properties_list_entry(hwdb, modalias, 0))
-		if (strcmp(udev_list_entry_get_name(entry), key) == 0)
-			return udev_list_entry_get_value(entry);
-
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -238,16 +231,9 @@ void get_vendor_product_with_fallback(char *vendor, int vendor_len,
 
 int names_init(void)
 {
-	udev = udev_new();
-	if (!udev)
-		return -1;
-
-	hwdb = udev_hwdb_new(udev);
-	return hwdb ? 0 : -1;
+	return -1;
 }
 
 void names_exit(void)
 {
-	hwdb = udev_hwdb_unref(hwdb);
-	udev = udev_unref(udev);
 }