diff --git a/radare2 b/radare2
index e968c944..4c9bf991 160000
--- a/radare2
+++ b/radare2
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e968c9442af1091ab696f16c8575bc60be3e4586
+Subproject commit 4c9bf99134bccb8a1f23b2753efffad4bc090388
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index c6c79e63..6662eb0f 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ if run_command(py3_exe, '-c', exists_cmd).returncode() == 0
   run_command(link_cmd, check: true)
 endif
 
-r2 = subproject('radare2')
-libr2_dep = r2.get_variable('libr2_dep')
+libr2_dep = dependency('libr2',
+    fallback : ['radare2', 'libr2_dep'],
+    default_options : ['enable_tests=false'])
 
 qt5dep = dependency('qt5', modules: qt_modules, main: true)