diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f2aa5a7700..38d0abc0ea 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ if have_tools
   qemu_io = executable('qemu-io', files('qemu-io.c'),
              dependencies: [block, qemuutil], install: true)
   qemu_block_tools += [qemu_img, qemu_io]
-  if targetos == 'linux' or targetos == 'sunos' or targetos.endswith('bsd')
+  if targetos != 'windows'
     qemu_nbd = executable('qemu-nbd', files('qemu-nbd.c'),
                dependencies: [block, qemuutil], install: true)
     qemu_block_tools += [qemu_nbd]