diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 790d52ec8d..e48e63ef01 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -644,13 +644,6 @@ symbols = [
   [ 'sched.h', 'cpu_set_t' ],
 ]
 
-if host_machine.system() == 'linux'
-  symbols += [
-    # Check if we have new enough kernel to support BPF devices for cgroups v2
-    [ 'linux/bpf.h', 'BPF_CGROUP_DEVICE' ],
-  ]
-endif
-
 foreach symbol : symbols
   if cc.has_header_symbol(symbol[0], symbol[1], args: '-D_GNU_SOURCE', prefix: symbol.get(2, ''))
     conf.set('WITH_DECL_@0@'.format(symbol[1].to_upper()), 1)
diff --git a/src/util/vircgroupv2devices.c b/src/util/vircgroupv2devices.c
index 1769c499c8..05818c4130 100644
--- a/src/util/vircgroupv2devices.c
+++ b/src/util/vircgroupv2devices.c
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
  */
 #include <config.h>
 
-#if WITH_DECL_BPF_CGROUP_DEVICE
+#if __linux__
 # include <fcntl.h>
 # include <linux/bpf.h>
 # include <sys/stat.h>
 # include <sys/syscall.h>
 # include <sys/types.h>
-#endif /* !WITH_DECL_BPF_CGROUP_DEVICE */
+#endif /* __linux__ */
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ VIR_LOG_INIT("util.cgroup");
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_CGROUP
 
-#if WITH_DECL_BPF_CGROUP_DEVICE
+#ifdef __linux__
 bool
 virCgroupV2DevicesAvailable(virCgroup *group)
 {
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ virCgroupV2DevicesGetPerms(int perms,
 
     return ret;
 }
-#else /* !WITH_DECL_BPF_CGROUP_DEVICE */
+#else /* !__linux__ */
 bool
 virCgroupV2DevicesAvailable(virCgroup *group G_GNUC_UNUSED)
 {
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ virCgroupV2DevicesGetPerms(int perms G_GNUC_UNUSED,
 {
     return 0;
 }
-#endif /* !WITH_DECL_BPF_CGROUP_DEVICE */
+#endif /* !__linux__ */
 
 
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