diff --git a/c/meson.build b/c/meson.build
index dc772ff..01aaf52 100644
--- a/c/meson.build
+++ b/c/meson.build
@@ -5,13 +5,8 @@ project('postgresqldemo',
 	default_options : [ 'b_ofast=if-release', 'b_march_native=if-release', 'b_ndebug=if-release' ]
 )
 
-#gtk_dep = dependency('gtk+-3.0', version : '>=3.0.0')
-# gmodule-export-2.0 is needed to connect the handlers
-#gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-export-2.0', version : '>=2.0')
 pg_dep = dependency('libpq', version : '>=8.0')
 
-cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
-
 sources = ['postgresql_demo.c']
 
 exe = executable('postgresql_demo',
diff --git a/c/postgresql_demo.c b/c/postgresql_demo.c
index e0b5f21..f5cabb3 100644
--- a/c/postgresql_demo.c
+++ b/c/postgresql_demo.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <libpq-fe.h>
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {