diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c9c4754c..68270004 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/sysctl.h sys/select.h])
 LT_PREREQ([2.2])
 LT_INIT([disable-static])
 
-dnl pthread-stubs is mandatory on BSD platforms, due to the nature of the
+dnl pthread-stubs is mandatory on some BSD platforms, due to the nature of the
 dnl project. Even then there's a notable issue as described in the project README
 case "$host_os" in
-linux* | cygwin* | darwin* | solaris* | *-gnu* | gnu*)
+linux* | cygwin* | darwin* | solaris* | *-gnu* | gnu* | openbsd*)
     pthread_stubs_possible="no"
     ;;
 * )
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7f786a8c..f6b1a432 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ with_install_tests = get_option('install-test-programs')
 
 config = configuration_data()
 
-# TODO: openbsd is guess, the others are correct
-if ['freebsd', 'dragonfly', 'netbsd', 'openbsd'].contains(host_machine.system())
+if ['freebsd', 'dragonfly', 'netbsd'].contains(host_machine.system())
   dep_pthread_stubs = dependency('pthread-stubs', version : '>= 0.4')
 else
   dep_pthread_stubs = []