diff --git a/.github/workflows/meson.yml b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
index 97d87cbd94..6ac15a2ee2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/meson.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
@@ -230,15 +230,13 @@ jobs:
               libgcrypt \
               meson \
               talloc
-            ln -s /opt/local/bin/meson /usr/bin/meson
-            ln -s /opt/local/bin/ninja /usr/bin/ninja
           run: |
             export PATH=/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH
             meson setup build \
               -Dwith-bdb=/opt/local \
               -Dwith-libgcrypt-dir=/opt/local \
               -Dwith-tracker-pkgconfig-version=3.0 \
-              -Dpkg_config_path=/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig \
+              -Dpkg_config_path=/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig
             ninja -C build
 
   build-freebsd:
@@ -297,6 +295,7 @@ jobs:
               db-4.6.21p7v0 \
               flex \
               gcc-11.2.0p9 \
+              openldap-client-2.6.6v0 \
               pkgconf \
               libevent \
               libgcrypt \