--- a/lib/replace/wscript
+++ b/lib/replace/wscript
@@ -947,8 +947,6 @@ def build(bld):
     if not bld.CONFIG_SET('HAVE_INET_ATON'):     REPLACE_SOURCE += ' inet_aton.c'
     if not bld.CONFIG_SET('HAVE_INET_NTOP'):     REPLACE_SOURCE += ' inet_ntop.c'
     if not bld.CONFIG_SET('HAVE_INET_PTON'):     REPLACE_SOURCE += ' inet_pton.c'
-    if not bld.CONFIG_SET('HAVE_GETXATTR') or bld.CONFIG_SET('XATTR_ADDITIONAL_OPTIONS'):
-                                                 REPLACE_SOURCE += ' xattr.c'
 
     if not bld.CONFIG_SET('HAVE_CLOSEFROM'):
         REPLACE_SOURCE += ' closefrom.c'
@@ -962,7 +960,7 @@ def build(bld):
                       # at the moment:
                       # hide_symbols=bld.BUILTIN_LIBRARY('replace'),
                       private_library=True,
-                      deps='dl attr' + extra_libs)
+                      deps='dl' + extra_libs)
 
     replace_test_cflags = ''
     if bld.CONFIG_SET('HAVE_WNO_FORMAT_TRUNCATION'):