diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 949f87262f6a631406bd7298bc48a1857f0c557f..5a79bcb807cfda8ab8c6242d35bf022505bc1549 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ glib_deps = [
   dependency('gmodule-2.0', version: '>=' + min_glib_version),
 ]
 gtk = dependency('gtk+-3.0', version: '>= 3.24.0')
-# FIXME bump to 1.6.0 after libhandy 1.6 is released.
-libhandy_dep = dependency('libhandy-1', version: '>= 1.5.0')
+libhandy_dep = dependency('libhandy-1', version: '>= 1.6.0')
 gcr = dependency('gcr-3',       version: '>=' + min_gcr_version)
 gcr_ui = dependency('gcr-ui-3', version: '>=' + min_gcr_version)
 libsecret = dependency('libsecret-1', version: '>= 0.16')
@@ -87,8 +86,6 @@ avahi_glib = dependency('avahi-glib', version: '>= 0.6', required: get_option('k
 # Project-wide flags
 add_project_arguments([
     '--target-glib=@0@'.format(min_glib_version),
-    # FIXME Remove and bump version after libhandy 1.6 is released.
-    '--disable-since-check',
   ],
   language: 'vala',
 )