--- a/numpy/core/meson.build
+++ b/numpy/core/meson.build
@@ -275,17 +275,6 @@
 endif
 if have_strtold_l
   cdata.set10('HAVE_STRTOLD_L', true)
-else
-  # FIXME: this is wrong! the HAVE_ define should not exist, or it'll be
-  # interpreted as the function being available (true/false does nothing, see
-  # note on HAVE_ defines higher up). This is necessary though in order to make
-  # the Linux CI job pass. So either the check is wrong somehow, or this
-  # function is not available in CI. For the latter there is a fallback path,
-  # but that is broken because we don't have the exact long double
-  # representation checks.
-  if cc.get_argument_syntax() != 'msvc'
-    cdata.set10('HAVE_STRTOLD_L', false)
-  endif
 endif
 
 # Other optional functions