diff --git a/config2.h.in b/config2.h.in
index 589906dc..5546751b 100644
--- a/config2.h.in
+++ b/config2.h.in
@@ -669,9 +669,6 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <strings.h> header file. */
 #mesondefine HAVE_STRINGS_H
 
-/* Define to 1 if you have the <string.h> header file. */
-#mesondefine HAVE_STRING_H
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `strncasecmp' function. */
 #mesondefine HAVE_STRNCASECMP
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f79020d6..94a20696 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ conf_data.set('HAVE_IDNA_H', compiler.has_header('idna.h'))
 
 conf_data.set('HAVE_EVENT_H', compiler.has_header('event.h'))
 
-conf_data.set10('HAVE_STRING_H', compiler.has_header('string.h'))
 conf_data.set10('HAVE_ALLOCA_H', compiler.has_header('alloca.h'))
 
 conf_data.set('HAVE_STDALIGN_H', compiler.has_header('stdalign.h'))
diff --git a/src/intl/gettext/localcharset.c b/src/intl/gettext/localcharset.c
index 7323e7c7..59d76bcc 100644
--- a/src/intl/gettext/localcharset.c
+++ b/src/intl/gettext/localcharset.c
@@ -26,11 +26,7 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 
 #include <stdio.h>
-#if HAVE_STRING_H
 #include <string.h>
-#else
-#include <strings.h>
-#endif
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #if defined _WIN32 || defined __WIN32__
diff --git a/src/protocol/ftp/parse.c b/src/protocol/ftp/parse.c
index 06ee068f..adc58048 100644
--- a/src/protocol/ftp/parse.c
+++ b/src/protocol/ftp/parse.c
@@ -10,11 +10,8 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
-# include <string.h>
-#else
-# include <strings.h>
-#endif
+#include <string.h>
+
 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
 # include <unistd.h>
 #endif