diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 682836d..c382108 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ makedepends=('meson' 'ninja' 'scdoc')
 depends=(
   'libxcb' 'xcb-util' 'xcb-util-cursor' 'xcb-util-wm'
   'wayland' 'wlroots'
-  'freetype2' 'fontconfig' 'cairo'
+  'freetype2' 'fontconfig' 'pixman'
   'libyaml'
   'alsa-lib'
   'libudev.so'
diff --git a/PKGBUILD.wayland-only b/PKGBUILD.wayland-only
index 7efdcc3..e8c9579 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD.wayland-only
+++ b/PKGBUILD.wayland-only
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ provides=('f00bar')
 makedepends=('meson' 'ninja' 'scdoc')
 depends=(
   'wayland' 'wlroots'
-  'freetype2' 'fontconfig' 'cairo'
+  'freetype2' 'fontconfig' 'pixman'
   'libyaml'
   'alsa-lib'
   'libudev.so'
diff --git a/bar/meson.build b/bar/meson.build
index c3b766f..ce8e81c 100644
--- a/bar/meson.build
+++ b/bar/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 bar_backends = []
 
 if backend_x11
-  bar_x11 = declare_dependency(
-    sources: ['xcb.c', 'xcb.h'], dependencies: [xcb_stuff, cairo, cairo_ft])
+  bar_x11 = declare_dependency(sources: ['xcb.c', 'xcb.h'], dependencies: [xcb_stuff])
   bar_backends += [bar_x11]
 endif
 
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ if backend_wayland
 
   bar_wayland = declare_dependency(
     sources: ['wayland.c', 'wayland.h'] + wl_proto_src + wl_proto_headers,
-    dependencies: [wayland_client, wayland_cursor, cairo, cairo_ft])
+    dependencies: [wayland_client, wayland_cursor])
 
   bar_backends += [bar_wayland]
 endif
diff --git a/bar/wayland.c b/bar/wayland.c
index a8d14c9..a5be23e 100644
--- a/bar/wayland.c
+++ b/bar/wayland.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <linux/memfd.h>
 
-//#include <cairo.h>
 #include <pixman.h>
 #include <wayland-client.h>
 #include <wayland-cursor.h>
@@ -697,7 +696,7 @@ setup(struct bar *_bar)
     //wl_surface_commit(backend->surface);
     //wl_display_roundtrip(backend->display);
 
-    /* Prepare a buffer + cairo context for bar to draw to */
+    /* Prepare a buffer + pixman image for bar to draw to */
     backend->next_buffer = get_buffer(backend);
     assert(backend->next_buffer != NULL && backend->next_buffer->busy);
     bar->pix = backend->next_buffer->pix;
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f1014a7..6849c31 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ threads = dependency('threads')
 freetype = dependency('freetype2')
 fontconfig = dependency('fontconfig')
 pixman = dependency('pixman-1')
-cairo = dependency('cairo')
-cairo_ft = dependency('cairo-ft')
 yaml = dependency('yaml-0.1')
 
 # X11/XCB dependencies
@@ -50,11 +48,9 @@ xcb_event = dependency('xcb-event', required: get_option('backend-x11'))
 xcb_ewmh = dependency('xcb-ewmh', required: get_option('backend-x11'))
 xcb_randr = dependency('xcb-randr', required: get_option('backend-x11'))
 xcb_render = dependency('xcb-render', required: get_option('backend-x11'))
-cairo_xcb = dependency('cairo-xcb', required: get_option('backend-x11'))
 xcb_errors = dependency('xcb-errors', required: false)
 backend_x11 = xcb_aux.found() and xcb_cursor.found() and xcb_event.found() and \
-              xcb_ewmh.found() and xcb_randr.found() and xcb_render.found() and \
-              cairo_xcb.found()
+              xcb_ewmh.found() and xcb_randr.found() and xcb_render.found()
 
 # Wayland dependencies
 wayland_client = dependency('wayland-client', required: get_option('backend-wayland'))
@@ -76,7 +72,7 @@ if backend_x11
   xcb_stuff_lib = static_library(
     'xcb-stuff', 'xcb.c', 'xcb.h',
     dependencies: [xcb_aux, xcb_cursor, xcb_event, xcb_ewmh, xcb_randr,
-                   xcb_render, cairo_xcb, xcb_errors],
+                   xcb_render, xcb_errors],
     c_args: xcb_errors.found() ? '-DHAVE_XCB_ERRORS' : [],
     pic: plugs_as_libs)
 
@@ -106,7 +102,7 @@ f00bar = executable(
   'tag.c', 'tag.h',
   'tllist.h',
   'yml.c', 'yml.h',
-  dependencies: [bar, freetype, fontconfig, pixman, cairo, cairo_ft, yaml, threads, dl] +
+  dependencies: [bar, freetype, fontconfig, pixman, yaml, threads, dl] +
                 decorations + particles + modules,
   build_rpath: '$ORIGIN/modules:$ORIGIN/decorations:$ORIGIN/particles',
   export_dynamic: true,