diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bcb978292b..195d7cd784 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1239,13 +1239,10 @@ else
   intl_dep = dependency('', required: false)
 endif
 
+numactl_version = '2.0.6'
 numactl_dep = cc.find_library('numa', required: get_option('numactl'))
 if numactl_dep.found()
   conf.set('WITH_NUMACTL', 1)
-
-  if cc.has_function('numa_bitmask_isbitset', dependencies: [ numactl_dep ])
-    conf.set('WITH_NUMA_BITMASK_ISBITSET', 1)
-  endif
 endif
 
 openwsman_version = '2.2.3'
diff --git a/src/util/virnuma.c b/src/util/virnuma.c
index 2872ce3c5e..b8cf8b4510 100644
--- a/src/util/virnuma.c
+++ b/src/util/virnuma.c
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ virNumaGetMaxCPUs(void)
 }
 
 
-#if WITH_NUMACTL && WITH_NUMA_BITMASK_ISBITSET
+#if WITH_NUMACTL
 /**
  * virNumaNodeIsAvailable:
  * @node: node to check
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ virNumaGetDistances(int node,
     return 0;
 }
 
-#else /* !(WITH_NUMACTL && WITH_NUMA_BITMASK_ISBITSET) */
+#else /* !WITH_NUMACTL */
 
 bool
 virNumaNodeIsAvailable(int node)
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ virNumaGetDistances(int node G_GNUC_UNUSED,
     VIR_DEBUG("NUMA distance information isn't available on this host");
     return 0;
 }
-#endif /* !(WITH_NUMACTL && WITH_NUMA_BITMASK_ISBITSET) */
+#endif /* !WITH_NUMACTL */
 
 
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