diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 07537d5f1..9f72fd252 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ if get_option('libarchive')
   conf.set('HAVE_LIBARCHIVE', '1')
 endif
 endif
-libjcat = dependency('jcat', version : '>= 0.1.0', fallback : ['libjcat', 'libjcat_dep'])
+libjcat = dependency('jcat', version : '>= 0.1.4', fallback : ['libjcat', 'libjcat_dep'])
 libjsonglib = dependency('json-glib-1.0', version : '>= 1.1.1')
 valgrind = dependency('valgrind', required: false)
 if get_option('curl')
diff --git a/src/fu-engine.c b/src/fu-engine.c
index 4a66ecd96..75ea16d3d 100644
--- a/src/fu-engine.c
+++ b/src/fu-engine.c
@@ -4123,17 +4123,8 @@ fu_engine_get_newest_signature_jcat_result(GPtrArray *results, GError **error)
 	/* get the first signature, ignoring the checksums */
 	for (guint i = 0; i < results->len; i++) {
 		JcatResult *result = g_ptr_array_index(results, i);
-#if LIBJCAT_CHECK_VERSION(0, 1, 3)
 		if (jcat_result_get_method(result) == JCAT_BLOB_METHOD_SIGNATURE)
 			return g_object_ref(result);
-#else
-		guint verify_kind = 0;
-		g_autoptr(JcatEngine) engine = NULL;
-		g_object_get(result, "engine", &engine, NULL);
-		g_object_get(engine, "verify-kind", &verify_kind, NULL);
-		if (verify_kind == 2) /* SIGNATURE */
-			return g_object_ref(result);
-#endif
 	}
 
 	/* should never happen due to %JCAT_VERIFY_FLAG_REQUIRE_SIGNATURE */