diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6b9d747c45..8c0f39b96a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ LIBVIRT_ARG_VIRTUALPORT
 LIBVIRT_ARG_WIRESHARK
 LIBVIRT_ARG_YAJL
 
-LIBVIRT_CHECK_GNUTLS
 LIBVIRT_CHECK_HAL
 LIBVIRT_CHECK_LIBISCSI
 LIBVIRT_CHECK_LIBNL
@@ -444,7 +443,6 @@ LIBVIRT_RESULT_DRIVER_MODULES
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([])
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([Libraries])
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([])
-LIBVIRT_RESULT_GNUTLS
 LIBVIRT_RESULT_HAL
 LIBVIRT_RESULT_LIBISCSI
 LIBVIRT_RESULT_LIBNL
diff --git a/m4/virt-gnutls.m4 b/m4/virt-gnutls.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 6829ca55cf..0000000000
--- a/m4/virt-gnutls.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-dnl The gnutls libgnutls.so library
-dnl
-dnl Copyright (C) 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
-dnl
-dnl This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-dnl modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-dnl License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-dnl version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-dnl
-dnl This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-dnl but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-dnl MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-dnl Lesser General Public License for more details.
-dnl
-dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-dnl License along with this library.  If not, see
-dnl <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-dnl
-
-AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_CHECK_GNUTLS],[
-  LIBVIRT_CHECK_PKG([GNUTLS], [gnutls], [3.2.0])
-
-  dnl Require gnutls >= 3.2.0 because of 3.2.11 in Ubuntu 14.04
-  dnl That should have all the functions we use (in >= 2.12)
-  dnl and also use nettle, because it's >= 3.0
-])
-
-AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_RESULT_GNUTLS],[
-  LIBVIRT_RESULT_LIB([GNUTLS])
-])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1ba73810c8..cdabeb59db 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1066,6 +1066,9 @@ glib_dep = declare_dependency(
 glusterfs_version = '3.4.1'
 glusterfs_dep = dependency('glusterfs-api', version: '>=' + glusterfs_version, required: get_option('glusterfs'))
 
+gnutls_version = '3.2.0'
+gnutls_dep = dependency('gnutls', version: '>=' + gnutls_version)
+
 # readline 7.0 is the first version which includes pkg-config support
 readline_version = '7.0'
 readline_dep = dependency('readline', version: '>=' + readline_version, required: false)
@@ -1204,6 +1207,7 @@ libs_summary = {
   'fuse': fuse_dep.found(),
   'glib_dep': glib_dep.found(),
   'glusterfs': glusterfs_dep.found(),
+  'gnutls': gnutls_dep.found(),
   'readline': readline_dep.found(),
 }
 summary(libs_summary, section: 'Libraries', bool_yn: true)