diff --git a/numpy/_core/meson.build b/numpy/_core/meson.build
index 5a343340d315..dbe76e0a3dea 100644
--- a/numpy/_core/meson.build
+++ b/numpy/_core/meson.build
@@ -1206,8 +1206,7 @@ py.extension_module('_multiarray_umath',
     src_numpy_api[1],  # __multiarray_api.h
     src_umath_doc_h,
     npy_math_internal_h,
-  ],
-  objects: svml_objects,
+  ] + svml_objects,
   c_args: c_args_common,
   cpp_args: cpp_args_common,
   include_directories: [
diff --git a/numpy/meson.build b/numpy/meson.build
index 1d35e7dc4fec..1190c00e0042 100644
--- a/numpy/meson.build
+++ b/numpy/meson.build
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ conf_data.set('PYTHON_VERSION', py.language_version())
 # `np.show_config()`; needs some special handling for the case BLAS was found
 # but CBLAS not (and hence BLAS was also disabled)
 dependency_map = {
-  'LAPACK': lapack_dep,
+  'LAPACK': lapack,
 }
 if have_blas
   dependency_map += {'BLAS': blas}